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    "id": 406420,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and to emphathise with my colleagues, the Senate Majority Leader, Prof. Kithure Kindiki, Eng.Karue and Sen. Bule, for the challenges that their counties have gone through. They have had to survive in makeshift arrangements up to this point. I think it is important, in this House, that we agree that we need a level playing field. We need to give the three counties more consideration in terms of providing them with these facilities so that they have a starting point. I want to note that besides the three counties that were singled out, all the other counties have challenges in terms of operating space. I think it is important, in terms of the evaluation and assessment of assets that is going on in the counties that this exercise is done with a view to ensuring that more space is provided to county governments. I will single out my county, for example, where the county government operates from the offices of the District Commissioner. The County Government was given one floor of the entire three floors while the Provincial Administration still enjoys almost three quarters of the space. It is important that we have a needs assessment so that we give the Provincial Administration and the national Government coordination units at the county level the space they need but also look at the needs of county governments so that our counties can run and discharge services to wananchi as it was intended. It may be important to request that county governments should have more innovative ways of utilizing space so that we do not necessarily have all the offices of the county governments in one town. What would be difficult in having an executive member of a particular docket reside in one town within the county but have other offices across the county so that we do not create another Nairobi within our counties? One challenge we have seen in this town, with regard to congestion, especially within Nairobi City is that all the Government Ministry headquarters lie here. We should not encourage this trend at the county level. We should ensure that the County Governor and the MCAs sit in one location. However, the various dockets and Ministries should be spread around 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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