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    "id": 711188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/711188/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakara",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2926,
        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The purpose of devolution is to decentralise development. As much as we considered the headquarters of the county, it is good to know how we can develop other areas so that development can be scattered across the country. There are towns which have been in existence for some time. We need to open up other centres in the counties to ensure that new town centres emerge within the counties. This is because we need to take services closer to the people. At times you find that development only takes place in the headquarters of the county. Such a scenario leads to massive rural-urban migration. We need to take services closer to the people. Although we need to have the county headquarters in place where there is electricity and reliable communication infrastructure, we also need to have some units taken closer to the people. I am very happy about the devolution units that have been proposed up to the village level. We need to have that kind of structure in the rural areas so that the people can feel part and parcel of the county governments. The Turkana County Government has gone ahead to establish small administrative units like village councils, where elders sit. They have advertised such positions. That is the right way to take development closer to the people. There is also need for the governors to have vision for developing new cities within their counties to ensure that development is spread across the counties so that rural-urban migration can be minimised. With those few remarks, I support."
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