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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesuuda",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I want to thank Sen. Murkomen for bringing it up. It is something that we have been grappling with. It is something that the county representatives have been raising with us from the counties that we come from. Even though not being the leader of delegation, but now being a registered voter in Samburu, of course, I interact with the county representatives from there. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is very sad for us to see politics being criminalized in this country. Politics is like any other career. It is really unfortunate because just as any other profession, we want to professionalize politics in this country. It is a pity that, at the same time, we want to criminalize it, especially for county representatives. I know, for example, in Samburu County, we had a big number of wards. Most of them were lumped together. Therefore, one county representative now has to take care of a very large area. Roads in Samburu County are very impassable. A county assembly member has to wake up two days earlier if he has to participate in the sitting. This Kshs61,000 is not enough because it does not include house and traveling allowances. Let us just be fair to these people. Secondly, these are the people who are closer to the people even more than us. These are the people who when anyone in the constituency or in the county or ward would want to reach, he or she will reach the county representative first. We, as Members of the Senate, who are committed to safeguarding devolution in this country must listen to them. We must initiate dialogue immediately to end the current impasse in country assemblies. We want to see county assemblies working. 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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