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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while the commitment to implement devolution is laudable, we need to increase resources to the counties both from the exchequer and own local diversified revenue streams. Counties need support to identify and develop diversified revenue streams and develop capacity for sustainable development and services to the people. The injection of resources has only one side of the story of service delivery. We need to check that this injection has a trickle-down effect to Wanjiku . Do we have the commensurate human resources to manage our service delivery points in a wide sector and other sectors of priority, as identified in our Big Four agenda? I laud the President. He has touched on everything that is a driver of success. However, we must put our actions where strategies are. We must put our resources. We have done well with regards to the 15 per cent threshold of allocation to counties but we can do more, even not in absolute monetary terms but in capacity and other support mechanisms that would ensure sustainable development in our counties. Other aspects that could have done better is that the number one driver of waste in public utilisation is decision making; not necessarily the systems. So, what are we doing about the decision making of our leadership; the executive both at national and county levels? That is the number one driver of waste. That could also be the number one turn around point. So, again, the onus is not just on the President. It is on all of us. As legislators, we are leaders in our own right. We definitely need to look at issues around decision making at different levels; leadership, governance and other aspects that would ensure proper utilisation of resources. Systems do not drive things. It is the people and the decisions that they make. I congratulate the Government on the cash transfer programme to vulnerable households. This is a dignified way of dealing with vulnerable people. At the same time, we need to make sure we do not create a system that perhaps continues to entrench a culture of handouts which has been created by our politics. While I laud the safety net systems, I hope they are targeted to the most vulnerable and needy and not people that are usually very busy making sure that they grab even from the vulnerable. Again, we are in agreement and support of the empowerment of the national administration services. We were told that security has been beefed up. I am also a firm believer in collaboration and partnerships for desired impact in security, especially, in security operations with other interventions. We need to make sure our county structures and leadership are also empowered and involved in all aspects of security operations. For a fact, the national administration services sometimes tend to run a parallel operation system, but how can it be that counties are left out? There are counties that I have visited and have told me in no uncertain terms that things are done separately. How can the security about counties be without the involvement of counties? So, even as we laud this enhanced systems and structures from the national Government, the counties must be involved. They should not be left out of the security operations. It is about them. It is for their safety. They must be involved. I join the President in saluting our disciplined forces. Sen. Wetangula mentioned that security is not better. I beg to disagree. Security is definitely better. No country has assured 100 per cent security; not the super powers or any country. The President did not say that he has eliminated all incidents of insecurity but we must celebrate the strides and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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