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    "id": 492026,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mositet",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 608,
        "legal_name": "Peter Korinko Mositet",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to also contribute to this particular Motion. I believe that all Senators must have been wondering what is really troubling us, because each and every time we do something we know is part of our constitutional mandate, we find ourselves weak; just like Sen. Wamatangi was saying. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for devolution to work, the Senate must be seen to be working with the county governments and it must be very much involved in whatever is happening there given the fact that for the county governments to work and to continue rendering services to the citizens, what they needed most was money. This was ideally the reason we talked about devolution, so that we could make sure that resources trickle down to the counties. It is a sad situation because whenever we talk about the Division of Revenue Bill, we talk as the Senate in one voice and say that these monies are not enough and we need more money to go to the counties. But when it reaches there, this is the money which is making these people fight. This is the money which is making Makueni not to have peace; this is the money which is making Isiolo not to have peace; this is the money which is making the Council of Governors (CoGs) to meet in hotels and this is the money which is making the High Court judges to go on injuncting what the Senate says. It is very sad that all this is happening. Some of the judges who have been used to go on injuncting this House or even the counties, most of the times dine and have occasions together with some of the lawyers who represent those people. It is a big shame that we even have the Attorney-General, who should be advising these people that it would be better if Parliament is allowed its space. If Parliament was allowed to function the way it should, we would not be having the problems we are having today. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, given the situation in Makueni and Isiolo, there is need for this House to tell the Committee on Devolved Government that it is high time we saw them working. I think it is also the right time to tell the Committee that a lot of its work should really be in the field and not in Nairobi. They need to visit our counties and the places where some heat is coming out instead of waiting until a time like this when"
}