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"content": "Mbugua, Governor Jack Ranguma, Governor Benjamin Cheboi, Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, Governor Joseph Ndathi, Governor John Mruttu, Governor Salim Mvurya and Governor Cornell Rasanga for taking this exercise seriously and availing themselves. We have said, as a House, that we do not want to generalize condemnations in situations where people have done wrong. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also want to appreciate those who are on the right side and take their responsibility seriously. We want to tell them that the Senate recognizes what they are doing and is always their partner and is here to appreciate the things that they are doing. Therefore, I would like to tell those counties that were unable to come that although we became magnanimous and proceeded with the exercise without considering the fact that they did not appear, they should not think that the Senate of Kenya will not act when the situation needs. Sometimes the reason you become humble and magnanimous is to collect enough social capital for future friendships in difficult times. When a difficult time occurs for somebody who has been very active and working with the Senate, for whatever reasons, we will even apply more energy in trying to salvage a situation that may require, in terms of maybe relationships within the county, which require mediation or a situation which requires a Committee to go there and address. We will be more magnanimous to the groups that have shown mercy, magnanimity and respect to this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the most debated issues here was roads. I agree with the Members that we have to do proper classification of roads. Remember the Report is very clear that this is just a temporary measure to facilitate, for this initial stage, the transfer of the functions. Therefore, the Committee on Roads and Transport has a humongous task of ensuring that the function is properly unbundled and classified in a manner that responds to the devolved system of Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on matters education, indeed, you will remember that in my first Motion to this House, I said that it is important for the national and county governments to sign agreements and agree on transferring certain functions. So, as we debated then, we do not require Nakuru County to transfer back schools that were being managed by Nakuru County Council to the national Government, because of the new Constitution, but actually formalize by agreement that transfer to those counties and so forth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must note that the motive of the county government in arguing for support of educational infrastructure has not been right. I have heard arguments that we want to be given the primary schools and secondary schools infrastructure, because that is where the votes are. We are not doing these things because of votes or it attracts more clapping of hands and so forth. We are doing it because we want to ensure that, as I read yesterday from the Report of the Taskforce on Devolved Government, that we do not want situations where functions are not funded, addressed or there is an overlap and wastage of resources. Therefore, the reason we are saying that infrastructure should go low is for the purpose of ensuring that the function is delivered. 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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