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    "id": 680091,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680091/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gwendo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13121,
        "legal_name": "Joy Adhiambo Gwendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support this important Motion. I would like to reiterate what the Senators have talked about with regard to devolution and the role of the Senate. Our Constitution stipulates that the role of the Senate is to safeguard devolution. The only way to safeguard it is when we discuss these matters to ensure that people in the counties receive what is theirs. We all know that devolution was not meant for a day. It is not an event but a process. In this process, each person has a role. The Senate carries out the oversight and ensures that funds are distributed and the governors ensure that the funds are used correctly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are here to look at this Schedule of distribution. It is a surprise that most of our Senators are absent. However, we urge them to come so that we debate the Motions and pass them. This will ensure that whatever our governors will do with these monies is strictly development in order to change the lives of the people. It is important for a leader to know that it is vital to change the lives of people. Before devolution, there were counties that did not even have toilets and water sources. Our mothers at home believe that the definition of devolution is to ensure that they all taste the cake from the national Government. How do they taste the cake? It is when we come to the House and debate how the cake is distributed evenly. The process of devolution is one where each and every person is supposed to play a role, right from the MCA to the Senator. I once attended a funeral at home and an MCA stood up and praised the governor for having built several roads with the county funds. Fortunately, I spoke after him. I told the people that without the Senate, the governor would not receive such monies. As the county residents, they have the right to demand what the governor did with the money. The MCA stood and praised the murram roads and when you look at the monies that are allocated, one wonders if that was the best they could do. The electronic version of the Senate 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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