{"id":808019,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/808019/?format=json","text_counter":507,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"negative impact. I support this because we seriously need to be on the ground to offer our service to the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, by going to the counties, we will understand the dynamics on the ground. Every county has its own unique challenges and blessings that they can count and be proud of. If we go to the different counties, we will understand what happens on the ground. The Committees of the Senate will also meet and interact with different people on the ground and solve some of their problems. Devolution means that services are brought closer to the people. By us going there, we will touch and improve their lives. As I conclude, whatever number of Senators that will go to the counties be it 47 or 67, we will demonstrate to people that we work together as a team. We will give our views and also promote national cohesion which is an important aspect of this historical Motion that we are about to adopt.Kenyasuffers from different things. Therefore, when we go to the counties, we will promote peaceful coexistence as we talk to people to see how we can create the one nation that we all desire. This first sitting is proposed to be in Uasin Gishu County. Many of us have not had the opportunity to visit or interact with people from that county but we hear and read a lot about it. When we go there, we will identify ourselves with that particular county. I am of the opinion that we go round and make sure that all the 47 counties are fully covered by the time we come to the end of our term. Most of the times when we consider going out, we give different conditions. We look for good comfortable hotels in big towns where people can enjoy themselves. I encourage my colleagues; hon. Senators, to humble themselves and go to villages, for example, Marsabit County, Turkana County and beyond, whether they have good hotels or not, we should visit and identify ourselves with the people because they need our services. With those few remarks, I support this Motion and aim at visiting different counties."}