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    "content": "critical in the county assemblies. There is capacity but this can be improved further in the area of legislation, human resource, research and documentation. More needs to be done in that field to ensure that the capacity is taken to a higher level so that county assemblies can function. As I said earlier, this Bill is being cascaded to county assemblies and offers privileges and benefits that are already being utilised in the national Government. This is the time to create a direct link between the national Government and the county governments in terms of concurrence so that none of the governments is seen to be inferior. Indeed, they are independent and each of the various governments should feel as if they have what is owed to them by virtue of being county governments and, indeed, county assemblies. It is only by doing this that we will create order, decorum, environment and space for county assemblies to carry out the three important roles; representation, legislation and oversight. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we project and think of a time when county assemblies will function adequately. It will be a sad day when any of the county assemblies will be disbanded. One day, all the county assemblies will perform to the maximum and optimal limits. The impact of devolution will then be felt. They will give oversight, legislate and come up with legal instruments that are critical for particular counties, considering that each county has areas that are very specific in terms of detail and what they need to legislate on. Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) should be empowered to move into that direction and to come up with legislation that can catapult our county assemblies to a higher level. We should ensure that devolution is realised optimally so as to move us to a level where we will be looking at the country making comparisons across various county assemblies on their performances. As Senators, we need to look at the gaps. This is one of the gaps. There is a gap that has been identified and dealt with in this legislation. We need to deal with all the gaps so that counties are successful as they have been projected to be in the Constitution. I beg to support."
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