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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Many Kenyans yearned for a new constitution basically because of devolution. We want the Chair of the Commission to look into the issue of corruption. It is like corruption has been devolved. Yesterday, MCAs of a whole county were arrested because of corruption. That is not the only county where public servants are involved in corruption. Many counties are collecting less revenue than what they used to collect when they were county councils. This is an area where there are many loopholes that are used to perpetrate corruption. There is also need to legislate more to stop leakage of revenue. Dr. Jane is very qualified academically and in terms of experience. She has a PhD in Development Economics. This Commission is very important to Kenyans. I can say that she is the most qualified person for the job. She previously worked at the National Treasury as well as at the Kenya Bureau of Statistics where she represented the Government on various economic issues. I guess she is the right person to lead the Commission. The other thing I would like to say is that the Chair needs to come up with a way forward regarding health issues in the counties. The country is in problems today because the doctors are on strike. Issues to do with their salaries, wages and benefits have not been addressed. Health is a devolved function. The Commission needs to look into it very carefully with a view to allocating more resources to the health sector so that we do not see Kenyans dying because the doctors are not being paid well. When we devolve a function, that function must go with money. You cannot devolve a function and fail to allocate enough resources to it. I do not want to say much because this candidate is very qualified. I want to support and say that if she adheres to what these Hon. Members have said, she will have a very smooth running of the Commission. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support."
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