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    "id": 726884,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/726884/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "I want to quickly look at two or three things only. One is the principle of devolution of power. We have a challenge. By 2015, we ought to have concluded all the legislation and administrative arrangements for purposes of making sure that devolution works. This has not been done to date in a conclusive manner. We have a lot of functions that still outlie with authorities, boards and all manner of other entities to an extent that when you are saying that you are committed to devolving power and devolution was going with functions and functions were going with resources, finally we end in a situation where we have not completely done this. Resources are still not in areas where they were supposed to be. A good example is the issue of Provincial Administration, the way we used to know it. This ought to have been streamlined. We ought to have cleared this by 2015. This has not happened until we are working on parallel governments down there, particularly at the counties. I think the issue of costing was not concluded. There is one thing I want to quickly mention. The Constitution anticipated that there are certain functions that the county governments, as they are, might not manage to perform. The Constitution also had indications that there were some functions which if they were transferred, the county governments would have been in a situation where they would not be able to do them. These could have been reverted. In my view, this is something we have not witnessed. It is going to be a challenge in future because counties are going to be struggling with certain things that they are unable to do and those who suffer are the people who are supposed to get services. The second last issue I wanted to bring up is that of sustainable development. Look at the amount of wastage that we have in our system. Look at the amount of pilferage, corruption and public debt levels. These indicators are not very positive when we are talking about issues of sustainable development. We are supposed to be a little bit careful about the future. We need not give a big burden to the future generation but if you look at the amount of public debt that we have at the moment, I think it is really at higher levels. Finally, there is the whole issue of security. There is a relation between the security situation that we find ourselves in and all these kind of values and principles that we are talking The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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