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    "id": 518093,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2072,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "Secondly, the Bill says that even after a County Assembly has approved, the particular resolution must be taken to the Senate, where there could be some degree of sobriety. If two-thirds of the membership of a County Assembly vote in favour of relocating the county headquarters, the threshold would be sufficient to cater for all other interests. For example, Laikipia County has already established its headquarters. They have all the offices they need. They have even built an Assembly in Nanyuki at a cost of Kshs50 million. I do not see why they would invest in a headquarters today and later on relocate the same to another area that has no infrastructure and facilities. It would not be prudent use of money. I am not opposed to Rumuruti being the headquarters of Laikipia County, but is building of another headquarters a priority for Laikipia County? It does not require aeronautics or space engineer to know that building new headquarters would cost so much money. In a county like mine, which does not have water, what value will building another headquarters at billions of shillings bring? I am sure that the people of Rumuruti would require good water supply and sewerage services, which they are entitled to. I am sure that such services can come gradually but, first and foremost, we have to take care of water, roads, electricity and hospitals. People in Laikipia County have to travel all the way to Nairobi to come for dialysis and cancer screening. Those are the priorities that we should concentrate on as of now. If we would equip the hospital in Nyahururu and the one in Nanyuki with modern equipment, we will save our people the cost and agony of coming to Nairobi. This morning I had to send some money by phone to a patient who was stranded at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and had been there for a couple of days yet had not been attended to. At the end of the whole exercise they did not have enough money to go back home. I like what is happening in Meru County. I hear they are equipping those hospitals properly. I think a county like Laikipia should borrow a leaf and put first things first. A county headquarters will not benefit anybody. The HudumaCentres and so on where the headquarters is located may be immaterial. What is greatly important is that we do not go The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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