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    "id": 619947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. I note that the Bill was first introduced to the Senate in 2014 and that is why it is called “Senate Bill No.1 of 2014.” If you look at the dates, after it was introduced in this House it went to the National Assembly and was rejected on 6th August, 2015; more than a year later. It is now here today after mediation. After we have discussed the Bill it will go back to the National Assembly. This critical Bill was supposed to be transacted in this House for us to know the headquarters of every county and for the planning of the county headquarters to commence. Today if you visit the counties you will see an array of buildings that do not befit the status of headquarters. In some counties the governor and his team decided, in their own wisdom, not to do the planning of the headquarters. Instead, they just started constructing buildings. In my own county, for example, the county government decided to build a storey building for every County Executive Committee Member. In essence we are going to have not less than ten buildings scattered all over the county headquarters. A town like Kapenguria, where the headquarters is supposed to be, they have very small plots of land. So, when you put up so many buildings, there will be no room for expansion, unless they are demolished. This Bill together with other legislations was supposed to compel every county government to plan. Planning should not be a one-man-show. In most counties today everything is hinged on the governor. Some have almost named those buildings after themselves. Anything that is built is attributed to the governor. Nobody talks about county government buildings."
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