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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 431,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree with Sen. M. Kajwang, my junior in all fields. He followed me to Lenana School, he followed me to Moi University, now he has followed me to the Senate. On this one, I agree with him; an Hon. Member from somewhere. We are so many. However, it is this little impact. Hon. Wanjiku Muhia has left a legacy. Unfortunately, in this country without an enforceable regime, there is almost lack of compliance. Who will ensure compliance? This Parliament cannot speak in vain. If this Parliament promulgates this law, it must not speak in vain. These are the type of laws that attract immediate assent. That means budgets must be made available immediately. There must be a compliance agency. We must have compliance at the national Government and at county government levels. They must reorganize their priorities. When one is in a county, they cannot insist on bullfighting ring when all are at Formula One ring or insist on a tarmac road when the people’s priorities are different. Why should you have tarmac for people who do not have cars or even water? We need critical re-evaluation. I hope the Leader of Majority is listening to this. We need this conference on devolution by the Senate to really make a critical assessment. In implementing devolution, we made a mistake. We will now have this cliché argument that we have a few boreholes mushrooming as a result of devolution as though we had no boreholes for the last 50 years. Yes, there are boreholes being done, but we could have done more. Half of the money has been stolen. Boreholes are not courtesy of a governor. The electronic version of theSenate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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