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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your eyes actually to have captured me today. Since I came to this House, many are the times that I have really rose, but maybe because of gender or age, I have not been given a chance. I just want to take this opportunity to thank the members of my county, which is Kajiado, for electing me as their Senator. I also actually congratulate them for the way they have always lived together within our county, which is purely a cosmopolitan region. We also have an area which is purely a pastoral area. For those of you who do not know how good our county is, talk about this in this country and you will just know that it is Kajiado which you can really happily have a good home and live. For the new Senators, I congratulate you all for finding yourself here. For those who went campaigning, I know the struggle all of us went through. For those who went through the nominations, I also congratulate you; you must have contributed to the party in a bigger way. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion that every county deserves to have a public university. Other than just a university, may I say that universities are quite good in producing managers. I would really still go on to say that for the middle level colleges, I would want to suggest, if possible, every county should have as many middle level colleges as possible. In my county, we do not have any single teacher training college or a medical training college. I think other than the village polytechnics, which are quite few, I can just say literally that we do not have middle level colleges in our county. So, I will not really want to dwell so much on historical injustices, but I would just wish to support this Motion and say that it is good if we really talk about devolution and also devolve education into the counties. In my county, we have a lot of problems. Water is a major problem in my county. Yesterday I happened to have met the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is supposed to take care of my county plus the Board of Directors and managers and I was shocked that they do not even know my county. They just know Kitui, Machakos, Kibwezi, Kajiado Central and part of Ngong. When I told them about Mosiro, Magadi and Ewaso Kedong, I was talking Greek to them, and yet these are officers who are supposed to make sure that they are taking care of the people there. So, I really ask the Government to make sure that those who are supposed to make sure that the services are delivered to the people know the area properly. If they do not know, they should undergo some orientation before they take up their jobs. On the issue of roads, I think we only have two tarmac roads in my county; the road which actually comes all the way from South Africa through Namanga, Kajiado, 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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