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    "id": 469631,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I join my colleagues in supporting this Motion. For exactly 50 years, we have had a Constitution that has not taken our country well. We, therefore, found it fit to come up with the devolved government system for which we are going to have two governance structures; one at the national level and one at the county level. We also have two legislative arms; Parliament and the county assemblies. Madam Temporary Speaker, we all know that for that Constitution to be changed, some parts of this country remained marginalized for a long time. The idea of the devolved government system came in so that, possibly, there can be an equal measure of development in this country. When these elections came, some of us from those counties that thought we were marginalized for a long time, went for our best brains to come and serve the county. We thought that maybe for the first time, we can bring value directly to the people who were born in those places. To this extent, West Pokot, where I come from, we have 20 wards and 20 Members of County Assembly (MCAs). You will be surprised that 16 of them have degrees, some with first class honours; this is in West Pokot where sometimes people think the people have not gone to school. What does that mean? It means that we had hope and we still have hope that this system is going to bring all the intellect that is going to build the county. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we heard and when we saw the type of salaries that were released just two days before elections, which were supposed to be released before the roll out of the election programme, it was a shocker! We expected that we should not punish the intellect of the people that we have sent there. Not only do we have those problems and challenges, they also do not have anywhere to stay. I have one fellow from Alale Ward, which is the size of Nairobi County. He has to move 350 kilometres to 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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