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    "content": "Lastly, we are soon going to formulate committees. I want to urge those who will be in committees, especially oversight committees, to ensure that every cent we send to the counties, through this procedural process, is put to good use, so that the people of the Republic of Kenya that we represent here feel the full benefits and positives of devolution. Kenyans voted for the new Constitution largely because of the element of devolution, which has now become a cash-cow for a few people in the counties, to the exclusion of ordinary wananchi, who are innocent bystanders; watching things happen without anything percolating down to them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must change this so that the devolved functions and the money that is required to go to the counties changes people’s lives. I sometimes feel very sad when I see pictures of people dying, people without water and all other ills that we see in our society, yet we have sufficient capacity to eradicate these ills. Lastly, I hope that the county governments will, in keeping with the Motion we passed here, put in place some traffic marshals to help arrest the runaway people causing accidents on our roads. I would want to see a situation where the Governor of Nakuru has road marshals helping to control the flow of traffic along the dangerous Salgaa Highway and other accident-prone areas, to save lives of innocent Kenyans that are perishing like chicken every other day. I beg to second."
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