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    "id": 799296,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute on the Motion for Adjournment of the House to enable Members to attend the Annual Legislative Summit which will be held in Mombasa. I am in support of this Motion because Members of this House need to interact with the county assemblies that are also in charge of devolution. We need to interact with them so that we understand whether there are legislative gaps that need to be addressed in this House, so that we help them to put them in place to ensure that devolution can see the light of the day. County assemblies, being oversight organs of devolution in our counties, need to be supported. There is need for them to understand how to go about their budget-making process so that they, as they make their budgets, look into the functions that are devolved. During our interaction with them, we found that counties allocate money to functions that are supposed to be under the national Government. That is where you get some functions being allocated very little money such that by the end of the year or term, there is no meaningful development that can be seen or felt by the common mwananchi because everything is allocated very little money. My Chair of the Committee on Education has just spoken about education in our counties. The function of education has not been fully devolved to counties but the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centres are underfunded. You will get counties allocating money in terms of bursaries for secondary education and for construction of dining halls and classrooms but they do very little on ECDE. They are supposed to work on ECDE infrastructure by ensuring that there are enough classrooms 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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