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    "content": "We are giving Governors money for development. They should sit down and call all the relevant elected leaders before they pop up with their building plans. The national Government officers on the ground have been evicted by these people. County Governments now engage young architects and engineers who have never been on duty to drive some of the constructions we see. Two or three months after a road has been built, the tarmac comes off. It is important that some of the constructions done go to the standards that were generated in 1932 and are domiciled in the Department of Public Works under the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development. The national Government has created a team that goes to every county to check the quality and standards of the buildings we have, including the new ones. A certain Governor quickly chased some of these officers when they visited. Already they had evaluated 3,000 houses in Nairobi. When they went to Mombasa, they were chased back to where they came from. These houses in Mombasa do not belong to the Governor. Send him to West Pokot. When I send officers there, the fellow thinks it is his own home. This message should be clear. It is important that we send out a clear message so that there the things that we do are for posterity; they should last more than a term of individual governors, most of whom are rude and do not adhere to rules as stipulated in various circulars that they have been given. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that my committee and my Chair has presented most of these issues. We should revisit the Constitution and find out what it says about many of these issues. For example, there is talk of extending the term of the Transition Authority (TA) so that they can oversee the transfer of most of these functions. We know what is supposed to be transferred and it is important that we do not hold money. Why should we have over Kshs50 billion in the Ministry of Health in Nairobi when you are giving very little to the counties? We need to analyze what has been devolved; that is, the money that goes to the counties and the money that remains in Nairobi. When we compare and contrast, we will be able to notice that we may be transferring some of these roles without funds. I second."
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