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    "speaker_name": "April 9, 2015 SENATE DEBATES 63 Sen. (Eng.) Muruiki",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support this amendment. In doing so, allow me to bring the House to the status that some of the counties like Nyandarua find themselves in. Whereas today we are going to send a reasonable amount of money - much better than last year - to the counties, some counties, due to historical reasons, found themselves in situations that they are unable to operate because of not having premises from where to operate. When devolution came, the counties were expected to inherit units which were former offices or premises that belonged to the defunct local authorities; the municipal councils and the county councils. To some extent they even inherited offices of the former provincial administration. What happened is that counties like Nyandarua did not inherit any of those because the historical circumstances were that during era of the provincial administration, for one reason or the other, the Government had established the headquarters of the district in another county. When the counties were started, we found ourselves having to vacate from Nyahuru which is in Laikipia County to a shopping centre in Ol Kalou. The end result of that is that if you attempt to build the headquarters from the funds ordinarily allocated to a county through the formula or the Bill, that county, be it Nyandarua, Tharaka-Nithi, Tana River or Lamu County would then be using funds which are supposed to be for development; what other counties are doing with roads, water and so on. My appeal to the House is that we should help the four counties. At the moment, our county assembly operates from a church. The Governor rented space in the shopping center above some shops. The end result is that even some services like water, sewerage and so on--- We do not have our county headquarters. Even the investors who would otherwise come to our county will not come to a place where---. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg and appeal to Members to support the small amendment so that we include a small amount to help the four counties to at least be like other counties. With that, we can move on as one nation."
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