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    "content": "colleagues have said, it is time we sorted out this issue once and for all. Should we tell our people to sort it out themselves? Secondly, it is important for us to think whether devolution is a curse. That is what we are seeing in our counties. Kenyans are beginning to ask: Were we wrong to vote for this Constitution and have our counties? I think that is not the reason Kenyans voted for the Constitution overwhelmingly in 2010. People voted for the Constitution so that services could reach them. However, there are counties that have not taken off completely due to insecurity. This House should wake up and raise these issues so that matters of insecurity are taken care of. If we do not do so, we will be confirming what our former President Mzee Moi said, that if we go the county way, we will be going to the dogs. That is what Kenyans are wondering about. We need to get up and ask questions regarding insecurity. Street families are now back, not only in Marsabit and Mandera, but almost in all cities and towns. These things we have been hearing about; that a certain area voted for so and so and that we cannot work for such areas is not good. There are people suffering down there when we are making such allegations. The people who are suffering are very innocent. In fact, it is women and children who suffer most in case of crisis like the one we are witnessing in Moyale. We sit here in Nairobi and attend security meetings when our people on the ground keep on saying this is a CORD dominated area and that is why there are problems. We do not care what the area is referred to because we have a role to play to pacify the situation. As we fight, it is the grass that suffers. It is the women and children who suffer. We want to be heroes amongst our communities. However, devolution is now upon us. We need to get in touch with our security apparatus. When we will be giving awards to counties that have done well, there are counties that will be nowhere, especially the northern part of our country. We seriously need to see action being taken. We do not want to hear what initiatives have been started to address the situation. We want to see action so that lives are not lost. History will judge us harshly because we were hopeful about devolution, but it has turned out to be a curse. We have ended up crying and in fear. In fact, we were better off without devolution."
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