{"id":569551,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/569551/?format=json","text_counter":247,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2559,"legal_name":"Stephen Muriuki Ngare","slug":"stephen-muriuki-ngare"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, noting that county governments were allocated offices and premises formerly occupied by the defunct local authorities and, to some extent, by former provincial administration; OBSERVING that these arrangements were satisfactory in most counties; AWARE that some counties had little or no such offices or premises to inherit resulting in serious operational challenges of such county governments; APPRECIATING that there are many counties with inadequate physical facilities whether they inherited the envisaged facilities or not; CONCERNED that the situation continues to impact negatively on the performance of the said counties; ACKNOWLEDGING that it is the mandate of the Senate to protect the interests of the counties and to ensure that their governments are fully operational; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}