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    "content": "that will come in will not spend any money on infrastructure but will start to implement projects that will make their people change their socio-economic lives. As we move on, it is important that we also refer to TA to tell us what happened when they were doing their mapping. It is important for them to be responsible for some of the ills they committed, especially for Nyandarua County knowing very well that at that time Nyandarua was using Nyahururu and by the time they were allocating the Kshs60 million that they gave the governors to start their offices, they would have thought better to ensure that those counties that do not have any infrastructure of the defunct county councils, would have been given priority to start building those offices. In fact, the clerks who were proposed to go there at that time would have done that for the county assemblies and the county governments that came in. More interestingly is how the governors have been able to buy their houses. The governor first purchases his house without worrying where his county assembly is going to sit and pass laws for him to be able to deliver to his people. It is important to look at our priorities. Sen. Obure was the Minister at that time and Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo was the Permanent Secretary and, therefore, it would be important for them to enlighten Kenyans to understand what type of county assemblies and county governments we were expecting to see. Therefore, I support the amendment to include them. We should also agree on the designs; whether we agreed to build vertically or horizontally. We should build for posterity. I am very worried for Parliament where we have a habit of carrying out very many constructions. Sometimes when you point fingers at others, when you go back to your house, you will realize that you have even a much bigger problem. I have no idea how much we are spending in terms of public funds in doing that infrastructure. We should ask ourselves whether this is the right place Parliament should be or think of shifting. Right now, we are expecting the President of the United States and you can now see how the town centre is becoming impassable. In future, we should think of relocating Parliament. As the county assemblies and county governments grapple with this problem, particularly those that do not have any working ground, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) should also be thinking about the future of Parliament; whether we could relocate some of our offices. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki has fought so hard for his county with regard to offices and I hope that this august House will pass this Motion and ensure that we can sit down with the national Government and see whether the National Treasury can assist to ensure that they get premises to operate from before 2017. It will be a good gift to give to the counties. The next county governments that will come in will appreciate us for having ensured basic foundation for them to operate from. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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