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    "content": "Indeed, the first one was the Vihiga County Committee and the Assembly. My county was the runner up. We had a very good session with the two committees this morning. What impressed me is the great faith that people have in devolution. The questions that we were asked as the Implementation Committee of the House demonstrated the depth to which the Members of these two delegations have gone to in order to determine that devolution works and detect any flaws or any challenges that together, we may sit and try and find a resolution. To that extent, I was a bit taken aback about their knowledge of Standing Orders, the Constitution and the relevant legislation in that one hour meeting. I was very impressed and I thought that I should do a little more homework in order to react to all the questions that they raised. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think devolution is here to stay and work. When you hear delegations that are coming from counties speak about devolution with the same kind of passion and interest and devotion, we cannot go anywhere but make devolution succeed. One of the questions that arose and we shared with them was the issue of the Sen. Sang Bill. We demonstrated to them why that Bill is important and why it is probably not working at the moment. Concern was being raised about having a structural framework where the Senate and the county assembly can work together more effectively. They also raised issues about the Council of Governors (CoG) meeting in Meru. Without saying much, I think we had the same position about the meeting Thank you so much for giving the counties this opportunity. As the Implementation Committee, I think there are only few assemblies in the country whose committees we have not met. We have had a session where we called about four committees from the northern part of Kenya, Tharaka-Nithi and the coast, to have an engagement with them and share ideas. We hope to continue with this but I thank the Senate for welcoming these two teams from the counties. I gave a bit of a report to Vihiga Senator because the delegation is from his county."
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