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    "id": 531164,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/531164/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was making the point that with devolution, it is not proper for this House or any other House to legislate and continue putting authority and use of funds at the centre. Counties have different interests, different pressures and different priorities. This Bill suggests that the Drought Management Authority shall open offices in counties. I will not be surprised to see a drought management office in Kericho, Kisii, Nyandarua, Murang’a and Kakamega where we have rainfall. What we need to do - and that is why I am urging the House to reject this Bill - is that we encourage--- and I want my chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget to engage the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) that in each county in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), we have sufficient funds managed by county governments to take care of their drought situation as and when they arise. They should also plant trees in the spirit of the Bill we passed this morning, to manage the environment. I say this because you can see programmes under the Ministry of Devolution. First and foremost, with devolution and 47 county governments, why do you need a Ministry for Devolution? What does it do? The Ministry for Devolution is part of those Ministries that are being used as conduits to create slash funds for running the politics of the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, dams, water pans and management of water are devolved functions but every other day, you see in the newspapers---"
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