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    "content": "other sittings. MCAs should carry the oversight role properly with that funding. They wanted Kshs2.7 billion but we gave them Kshs1.7 billion. The other issue which we engaged in was the County Wards Development Equalisation Fund Bill, a very interesting piece of legislation but also a bit unique in the sense that it requires a lot of combing before it is put into law. It is constitutional but a lot of work has to be done knowing that some counties already have similar legislation and we have to be careful how we do it. We interacted with the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table (SOCATT), MCAs of Nairobi and a few others. When we go to Mombasa, we will interact with them further to understand better. The Bill is at the Second Reading stage and today we will table the report of the committee. There are many good ideas we got after stakeholders’ participation. It is important for us to go and interact with them. This morning we were briefed about the programme and the sort of discussions that will take place. The other day we attended the Devolution Conference in Kakamega and I think the Legislative Summit is equally important; not because in Kakamega governors and other high profile personalities were there. Let us also be attracted to the county assemblies. We should not downplay it but we need to attend the Legislative Summit to interact with MCAS, so that we can effectively manage our counties. Without effectiveness of county assemblies, counties cannot be properly managed. Our interactions with them will help us know the issues they face, so that we assist one another because they are the persons at the grassroot level. We share the same constituencies and counties and it is important that we interact and see ourselves as people serving the same people and our agenda should be the same. With those few remarks, I support this Motion which is timely. We should go and interact with our colleagues."
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