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    "id": 450970,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thirdly, these are purely cosmetic amendments. Nothing substantial is being amended. The amendments are purely to correct areas that have been found to be wanting in these particular Acts. Fourthly, this is again, as a consequence of the coming into force of the new Constitution to ensure that the laws are aligned to the Constitution. A number of them were in contradiction to the requirements of the new Constitution. So, these Bills are very important to the counties. As we pass them, they will be transmitted to the Senate in accordance with the Constitution. As I second this Bill, the National Assembly is making it abundantly clear to anyone who has doubted in the past as to whether we support devolution. Now they know that we support devolution. One other thing that the National Assembly needs to make abundantly clear to the governors is the question of overlaps. If you go to the counties, you will find that right now, governors are struggling to finance secondary schools, primary schools and others that the national Government is mandated to finance. This is a matter that we should make abundantly clear. The governors do not need to finance activities that are properly situated within the national Government. The passage of these laws will give them ample opportunity to finance those activities now. They do not need to run to those roads which have been financed under KERRA and the Constituency Roads Committees. There is so much work that they are supposed to do, and which they have not been doing. As the Leader of Majority has stated, if they can improve fisheries along the lakes and rivers, we will have sufficient food. That way, we will not run into problems of famine in this country. As you know, we have little rains, particularly in Uasin Gishu County, where I come from. If we can invest in irrigation, we would go a long way in ensuring that there is food security in our counties and in this country. When we talk about devolution, many people claim that the national Government is not doing anything. No one has made any reference to the county governments. They have been allocated Kshs226 billion. In this current financial year which is ending at the end of this month, they were allocated Kshs210 billion. But when you gauge the amount of work that they have done, you will find that what CDF and the Constituency Roads Committees are doing is much more than the county governments. They are involved in much talk as opposed to doing the work. I hope that when we pass this Bill and it goes to the Senate, they will walk the talk and not talk and talk. With those few remarks, I second."
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