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    "id": 484897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Yes, as the patron of Garissa Town Constituency, I have a moral obligation as the overseer to make sure that the Constituency Development Fund Committee does the right thing as per the law. If I continue because I do not want to go into that, I was talking about the unit of devolution. Which is the smallest unit? The ward can be a unit of devolution. The constituency can be a unit of devolution. In fact, before I go very far I want to thank both the Member for Gatundu South, duly elected and the Member for Mathare, hon. Kariuki whom I had the pleasure of serving in the last Parliament with his mom, a great leader. So, I had the pleasure of interacting with the mom as a leader, Member of Parliament and a Government Minister, and now I have the opportunity to--- I want to thank the people of Mathare for electing hon. Kariuki. Even as we go to the referendum, there might be a number of issues. We are talking about devolution. Devolution does not mean one entity called “governor”. Devolution cannot be equated to the county government. Devolution can be equated to the smallest unit of a devolved system; the people. How do we get more access to water, health, infrastructure and accountability? If you have to devolve 45 per cent to the counties, then we must agree that 20 per cent goes to the constituency, 20 per cent goes to the county and five per cent goes to the ward, so that devolved resources are also spread equally across the board."
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