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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if the Supplementary Budget is not yet passed, I propose that we push for the Motion of having what we can call seed finance into the Supplementary Budget within this financial year. Even if they do not build storied buildings, they should be able to build habitable permanent buildings which can be used even for other departments, once money is made available to build bigger infrastructure. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know of Tana River County and Tharaka-Nithi county headquarters which is next to me. They need not only just the building or office, but also piped water. I do not know if this was added. So, offices do not just go alone, but with other infrastructure, including water, sanitation, electricity, and so on. This is not a gift. We are not favouring Tharaka-Nithi because the Senate Majority Leader comes from there, but taking facts as they are in the face of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am very happy that Sen. Sang is here and his Bill went through last week. When Senators become the Chairs of the development committees, in the next Budget, we should make sure that disparities, like the head offices are given priority. I do not think that anybody in that development committee will say no. We shall support, as the Senate, the directions and decisions of the development committees from the counties, because those committees will have the support right from the grassroots, that is, ward level, constituency level and county level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not want to put a lot of emphasis into what has already been said on this Motion, which we must resolve and push it to be part of the considerations for the budgetary provisions. I am very happy that the resolution by the Supreme Court put us in a good position to be taking matters of Budget a notch higher. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are many problems that have been pointed out, that face devolution and counties. For example, some of the offices of the departments which have been devolved do not have electricity, stationery and other facilities. The problems which are facing the devolution process are not only the infrastructural issues, 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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