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    "id": 506211,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Therefore, the petitioners’ concern is very valid. If the cost of power is lowered, it will mean that investors are going to come. They want to be involved in terms of investors coming to their area, so that the people can also get employment like other Kenyans. Our biggest concern, and what we are seeing, even when it comes to other Ministries, is that devolution has taken place, but people at the headquarters, or at the central Government, are raising many positions that are not very relevant to their duties. People still want to retain power at the centre instead of devolving it to the county level. Function No.37 of the national Government in our Constitution talks of the national Government being responsible for capacity building and technical assistance to the counties. Instead of creating more positions, the national Government should send these people as technical assistants, or capacity building input, to the counties so that our counties can deliver. Over the weekend on Saturday, my Committee on Health visited Wajir County. This is one county where we found that devolution is working."
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