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    "id": 701189,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are dealing with those protocol issues as I have said. We are also dealing with expanding the participation by insisting that county assemblies should be involved and that has been taken care of. We agreed that the Senator for the hosting county should also be involved right from the beginning. In fact, we have already suggested and proposed the role of the area Senator. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have also dealt with the issue of literature or papers being used bearing the letterhead of the CoG. The minutes of the first meeting we had did not have the title of the CoG because we want to move away from having the Devolution Conference as a governors’ conference. As one of the Members has stated here, we are also dealing with the issues of finance. For the information of Senators, the counties, through their governors, have donated Kshs2 million each. There is already Kshs94 million for that and there is a shortfall of Kshs150 million to be able to run the conference. The Senate and other institutions who will participate in the conference are urged to make some contributions towards that. We have asked other financiers to come on board. I am sure that there are also friends of the Senate who should make contributions so that we pay the piper and, therefore, have a bigger say because of the contribution being made. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have not been able to attend the previous conferences. As the Chairman of the Committee on Devolved Government, this being the last devolution conference and, given the level of our participation from the beginning, we should consider attending the conference. There will be an award session for some of the people or institutions such as the CoG, the Senate and all present institutions which have made contributions towards devolution. That will be a chance for the Senate to also recognise contributors. 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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