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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, I want to move to the contents of the President’s speech. I want to talk about his comment on the achievements of the Eleventh Parliament. I congratulate him for having mentioned that the Eleventh Parliament was tasked to implement the new constitutional dispensation. The question is whether the Eleventh Parliament fully implemented the Constitution. I know we still have challenges and I hope that this Senate will take things seriously in terms of ensuring that we fight for devolution. During the transitioning period, many counties did not declare all their assets and liabilities. I know that this function has now been passed over to the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee. Even though that was a task given to the Eleventh Parliament, I hope that this Senate will keep the counties on their toes to ensure that all counties account for their assets and liabilities. I now want to move to the other part of the President’s speech. He talked about the support that his Government has given devolution. It is true and I agree with him that devolution is no longer a baby. Since then, devolution has grown and for lack of a better word, it is now a “teenager” or an “adult.” This Senate should now push for more resources to go to the counties. The President also spoke about corruption. Everyone in this country will admit that corruption is a cancer which is tearing us apart. Being very open and honest, it is a cancer that I doubt we will ever find a cure for. The President said that he is ready to fully act on corruption. I will be very happy to see the President punishing people because there are a lot of the “untouchables.” A lot of things happen and recently we saw in the news hooligans attacking someone who is the head of a business community. That is corruption! 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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