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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kipchoim",
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        "legal_name": "Grace Jelagat Kipchoim",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity that you have given to me. I also want to add my voice to the Motion that is before us this afternoon. The function of the TA was to fully interpret the Constitution and determine the functions that would be fully transferred to the county government vis-a-vis the functions that would remain with the national Government. Looking at the functions of the TA, there are a lot of functions that the national Government shares with the county government such as education. Water, health and agriculture functions have been transferred to the county governments. We have had a lot of teething problems. For the last three years, counties have not been able to absorb those functions fully. Our nurses and doctors are still crying because their salary increase demands are not being met. They do not even receive their salaries at the end of the month as the Constitution requires. Counties have not been able to support the staff that they have. With regard to education, it was partially transferred to the county governments. We are always stepping on one another’s toes when it comes to those functions. Looking at our roads, the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing had not completed considering the issue of roads. We have not completed considering the Bill by the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing that was pending before this House. A list of roads for construction was gazetted and assigned to the counties even before the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) and Members of Parliament were aware that there was a list of roads that had been gazetted. We do not even know which list of roads was gazetted and assigned to the counties and which one remained in our constituencies. Some constituencies do not even have roads that fall under the authority of the national Government because of the status of the roads. I support the Committee for having done all this work. The TA cannot exist forever. There was a time-frame for its existence, which we should follow as stipulated. Even after the three years are over, consultations are still going to take place. The secretariat that is going to remain in office will offer the support and assist our counties. It will be the link between the counties and the national Government in seeing that our counties have grown as stipulated. With regard to the teething problems that the counties have had for the last three years, from 4th March 2016 next week, our counties will grow and become solid as they will now know what to do. The civil servants that have been employed in those counties will take charge of their work because they have sufficient training from the institutional memory that they must have amassed for those three years. Going forward, our counties will come up with fully established systems. I support the Motion."
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