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    "id": 701381,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion. First of all, I would like to commend the Committee that worked on this Report that contains some proposals. Having had an opportunity to follow the workings of the Senate from outside for the first three years of devolution, I have a better understanding. There is the benefit of observing the Senate from outside; reading through newspapers, watching the debates of this Senate, as well as listening to other public participation functions. This is an extremely important piece of information. It goes into the depth and breadth of the challenges that our county governments are facing. For the first time as a House, we should move away from a victim mentality, where at the slightest of opportunity we take a swipe at the governors and other people working in the county governments. We need to appreciate that some of the inefficiencies that we see in our county governments are not so much to do with the person of the governor, but with the structures and systems put in place. It is the first time that this system of government is being implemented. I read some of the final reports that the TA did at the end of their tenure before handing over fully to the county governments. One of the key areas that county governments are most challenged in is in terms of capacity. The people who run different departments, say, procurement and agriculture are not well qualified. Some of the top professionals from different communities were not sufficiently convinced that there is good reason to leave the comfort of Nairobi and other major towns and go somewhere deep in Turkana, Samburu and other places. Therefore, the locals who had minimum or no experience at all got the chance to serve in some very senior positions in our county governments. This has affected the work being done at the counties. I am privileged to be a Member of the Standing Committee on Finance, Budget and Commerce. If there were well trained and experienced procurement professionals serving in the counties, 99 percent of the petitions that come to our committee could be avoided. As time goes by, some of these things will be taken care of by nature. Sen. 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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