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    "content": "selling their produce outside the country. They can also work with the national Government to source for the markets. This will change the lives of people in the counties. The emergency funds that have been devolved to the counties are important. However, such funds can easily be misappropriated since one cannot easily determine what an emergency is. There are loopholes which lead to loss of funds. Floods and droughts can be considered as emergencies. We implore our county governments to ensure that resources that are set aside for emergencies are used for the same. In a county like mine, the menace of cattle rustling should be considered an emergency. Most of the time, a big chunk of resources goes to political leaders who hire choppers to visit emergency scenes. This money does not help those who have been affected by emergencies or calamities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, health has been devolved to the counties. Apart from education, all of us will agree that health is a critical issue in our counties. We hope that the monies meant to elevate our health facilities to Level 5 hospitals will be used prudently, so that we can have functioning facilities. Likewise, the personnel at the counties should also be motivated and offered training so that we ensure that we have improved and professional services in our counties. The same way we have devolved resources from our national Government, we should also devolve all resources at the county governments up to the village level. As much as that thinking is good, we have to think of the impact of the projects that are in the county governments. What is the point of setting up health facilities in every village, yet the same facilities lack drugs or someone to attend to patients? When you go to health facilities, you will not get drugs or someone to attend to you. We would rather have a proper functioning hospital even if it is a few kilometers from the residents. Even if they have to take long to get there, they will be assured of getting treatment and the necessary facilities. Devolution of resources to the counties is a good idea. However, sometimes we will not be able to have tangible results that will help the common mwananchi to access those services."
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