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    "id": 404369,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Yes. The face and the body of the Bill have everything to do with Sen. Sang. They have nothing to do with me other than me being a cheerleader of the Bill. I have an advantage of having some history. I was Member of the Taskforce on Devolved Government. I have to acknowledge that it was Sen. Orengo who contributed to my membership to that Committee; the Taskforce on Devolved Government. I was telling him that part of his contribution has made me to be called an expert in matters devolution. In the Taskforce on Devolved Government, one of our initial drafts was providing for a county citizens forum; sub county citizens forum and the ward citizens forum. In the ward and sub county fora, the Chair of the fora was supposed to be a Member of the National Assembly in the constituency, a county Assembly Member in the ward and the Senator was supposed to chair the forum. When this Bill arrived at the National Assembly – you were there and among the few lethal Members legislative wise in terms of looking at laws. I remember I used to be a consultant of a group that used to call itself the devolution group. This was not formal group but was a caucus. During the caucus meetings, Members of Parliament thought that creating forums at the sub-counties, wards and counties would be an unnecessary impediment to the leadership in terms of the Governor at the county level. Therefore, they amended Section 91. Section 91 of the County Governments Bill provides that the County Government would set up procedures for citizens’ participation including the participation of elected leaders which is the Member of the National Assembly and the Senator. Nine months down the line, no county assembly has provided, through legislation at the county level, a forum where leaders can participate even though the County Governments Act gave them the leeway to create that forum. To the contrary, many counties are suffering from leaders pulling apart. You will find a situation where a Senator is pushing a particular vision which is contrary to what the Governor is pushing and which is also contrary to what the county assembly members are doing and contrary to what Members of the National Assembly are doing and contrary to what NGOs at the 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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