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    "id": 396388,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to support this Motion because I think it is necessary for us, as Senators, to do everything possible to assist the county assemblies and devolution to take root in a proper manner. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, I want to congratulate the Controller of Budget as well as the County Assembly of Turkana. I am a bit confused as to whether it is the county assembly which discovered this anomaly or whether it is the Controller of Budget. So, if it is the County Assembly Speaker who discovered this mistake, I think it is very wrong to say that Turkana County has no capacity. They have proven that they have the capacity since many of their speakers indicated that this could have happened in many counties. I do not doubt that at all. We need to commend the Speaker and his assembly for taking up this matter with the Controller of Budget, so that it can be rectified. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what does this indicate? I think it indicates that although we are underrating some of the county assemblies, others are up to the task. All they need is to be assisted to carry out their mandate. I want to agree with my colleagues here that copies of the record of our discussion of this Motion in the Senate should be passed on to the county assemblies as well as to the governors. They must know that these things cannot be allowed to continue happening if devolution is to take root. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with due respect, I think counties lack the capacity and capability of doing their responsibility, particularly on budget making. What we know is that the Transition Authority (TA) attached some officers to help county assemblies to settle down together with the governors. They were particularly given clerks to the county assembly and also an administrator to assist the governor in doing the job of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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