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    "id": 733134,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The greatest benefit that our Constitution brings to Kenyans is devolution. For a long time, Kenyans have toyed with the vice of marginalisation, exclusion and general underdevelopment. Devolution is what would mitigate these extreme vices like marginalisation. It is a pity that as we implement devolution, we have a lot of teething challenges. It is these challenges that make devolution a monster in some areas. Devolution now appears to contradict its own positive attributes. The idea of having a committee on devolution is long overdue. It is a management strategy that we should embrace. I know there was an attempt to create a co-ordination committee chaired by Senators, but this was defeated because of the obsession by Kenyans to take it all when you win a position. I am talking about the winner-take-it-all philosophy. The idea of having a committee within this establishment will be good because there are a lot of things that need to be done. One of the things is facilitating county governments with budgetary provisions. We all know that the spirit of the Constitution is that devolution be progressively undertaken so that every time a county government is ready to undertake certain functions that are devolved, it should apply for those functions and systematically they would be handed over to them. However, what we did, on the spur of the moment, was that all county governments took everything into the mouth and swallowing is now difficult, leave alone chewing. To that extent, in the first term in office, county governments have been unable to implement some activities. In some counties, no attempt has been made at all. We have the idea of county, sub-county and community administrators and the Council of Elders. It is not easy to have them budgeted for. Therefore, there is need to review all these provisions. It needs to be done interdependently and through consultation between the county governments and the national Government and on a case-by-case basis. Not all county governments are at the same level. That is the why we need to have this Committee not just to oversee, but even to coordinate smooth transition and transfer of services. The crisis we have in the healthcare sector is as a result of the uncoordinated services that are provided by the national Government on one side and country governments on the other side. So, we need quick and urgent interventions where we can consult between the national Government and the county governments on a case-by-case basis, so that we can deal with these very essential services."
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