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    "content": ". I read in today’s paper that one of the counties, Machakos County, has taken that direction. The County Executive Member in charge of Health is operating within the District Health facility within the county. That direction is encouraging so that we have offices and officers working where they are needed. In my county, we have three major centres. If we can agree that in Nandi Town, that is where our County Executive in charge of Tourism will be based and the County Executive Member in charge of Agriculture in Mosoriot, that would spread services across. We should not strain the little available space and resources at the county headquarters because everyone wants to be there. It is important that we look at the component of ensuring that services are taken closer to wananchi . Whereas devolution was intended to achieve that, it is important for county governments to consider better and innovative ways of taking services closer to our villages in the counties. When we are finally done with the assessment of assets and liabilities, let us also look at, for instance, how the services by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure are already devolved. Why should the national Government continue to retain the Public Works offices in our constituencies? If, agricultural services have been devolved, the operating space for the Ministry of Agriculture should be handed over to the county governments so that the existing facilities are available to the county governments to discharge their responsibilities. However, in such isolated cases, it is important, as a House, that we express our voices in ensuring that the national Government provides resources to see that these three counties are brought to the same level we are all operating from. With those few remarks, I support."
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