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    "content": "must be fast-tracked. We must do that audit to ensure that we have a clear and clean register of all the assets that belonged to the defunct councils. That way, we can ascertain what is needed for a particular county depending on what was transferred from the defunct council. This Committee would have helped this House in making sure that they make their recommendations to ascertain what is required and what is missing in every county. For example, recently, the TA has been asking where the mayoral chains are. Some counties have said that they are not surrendering them, that they are meant for them. Yesterday, we debated the County Hall of Fame. If there is any one thing that should be a permanent mark in any county, it should be those mayoral chains. We must know where assets of counties are and who is keeping them. They should be produced whenever they are required. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our role as a Senate cannot be overemphasized. It is clearly stipulated in Article 96. We must give and build capacity. That was the role of the national Government. We cannot leave it to the counties. The framers of the Constitution in the transitional law saw a gap and put the responsibility of building capacity to the national Government. Capacity building has to start from here. Counties must have premises, infrastructure and points where they can start from. Counties such as Nyandarua and Tharaka-Nithi have this problem. It is a disadvantage. We should bring them to a level that they can compete in a friendly manner with other counties. Otherwise, we cannot expect to give them money yet they do not have anywhere to conduct their business. Whether it is the county executive or the county assembly, it must be given resources to set up. With that, I support Sen. Muriuki and hope that within 90 days, this Committee can give this House a way forward on how to deal with this issue and do correctional measures with the existing infrastructure to make sure that they are up to standard. Devolution is not going anywhere; we are doing it for the years and centuries to come. I beg to support."
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