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    "content": "leadership. This amendment Bill provides for a structured and a high level consultation and participation by the elected leaders at the county level. We must provide the broader consultations; an organized and formal consultation between all the elected leaders at the county level. This is one of the objectives of the proposed County Development Boards. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to create goodwill among the leadership on some of the major projects that we are going to engage in at the county level. It is very regrettable that last week, one of the counties in this country was engaged in a major project – the launch of the Machakos City Project – in Machakos County. It is a pity and a shame that whereas such a county is engaged in the launching of such a big project, the entire leadership of Machakos was not together. We may point fingers in this House – that the Governor was wrong, that the Senator was wrong or, maybe, that some of the Members of the National Assembly from Machakos were wrong – but did we provide a legal framework for them to engage? If we do not have a legal framework to engage, we are going to point fingers, but that is not going to provide a solution. I look forward to a situation where when other counties will be launching major and mega projects like what was being done by Machakos County, you would see the Governor, the Senator, the Women Representative and all the elected leadership there providing goodwill for such kind of a leadership. I think that is very crucial; it is important that we provide for that platform. The amendment provides that we establish a County Development Board that will provide and create an opportunity for all the leaders to build consensus and to create goodwill in terms of the kind of projects that we will engage in. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Constitution is very clear; that the role of the legislators, and in this case, these are the legislators at the national level – the Senators and Members of the National Assembly – and legislators at the county level – the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) – will perform the various constitutional responsibilities, one of them being legislation, the other one being representation and most importantly, doing oversight. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the role of the county executive is to execute based on the policies, legislations and divisions of the legislature. But whose responsibility is it to create a sense of leadership, togetherness, unity and also vision for a county? I propose that this is the responsibility of all the elected leadership. We cannot leave the responsibility of creating a vision for a county to only one individual. All of us are stakeholders; all of us were elected by the members of the public. More often than not, when I travel to my county, when I go to the grassroots within my county in those villages, members of the public always stop me and ask me several questions; for example, why are we not getting this road done? But I cannot tell them that, that is not my responsibility; I cannot tell them that they need to look for the governor to address some of those things. Wananchi need services, and we, as a leadership, must provide for a legal framework that can allow wananchi to discuss and present their issues to whichever leader they want to present it to or need to present it to. It is our responsibility to sit down under the auspices of this County Development Board and advise each other; so that I am able to tell my governor that I travelled to 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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