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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion and thank the National Assembly. However, it is also time that we looked at the issues that are affecting the Senate and the county assemblies. While we diligently take responsibility for what we do to ensure that our counties are running, we have come to realise that the governors take everything for granted. The Chairperson of the CRA must start looking at these issues critically without being biased or being in support of what the governors are doing. It is important that they are accountable. There is a trend that has developed where the governors are now taking advantage of the courts, that, that is where everything that concerns the governors will be resolved. It is this House that needs to stop that and to tell governors that if they feel that the courts are part of the functions that were brought in for devolution, then they might as well go to the courts and request for more resources. So, it is this House that has to stand out politically now because this is a political battle of power and we must come and tell the Governors that they were not given power by Kenyans to use it and misuse it in the name of being a governor. I think it is important that it is raised; it is important that the House now stands, defends itself; and not just the House, but also Parliament as an institution – both the National Assembly and the Senate – must look critically at what also the Governors are doing. Parliament must also look at what the Judiciary is doing in terms of either supporting devolution of this country or destroying even the sense of what Kenyans felt that they will benefit. As I conclude, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Senators for coming back from recess to ensure that the counties get resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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