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    "id": 826801,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/826801/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "issues that are now giving us problems within our county. It is for that reason that I think this Bill from the Senate is very timely. It is going to help us resolve some of the issues that are already on our table. I commend the Senate for giving us an opportunity to inform this process. However, let me say that I have gone through the Bill, and I am certain in my mind that the Senate could have done better. They would have gone into better detail because these opportunities do not come often. When we created these devolved units, maybe we were quarrelling as to whether we wanted them as centres of political power or centres of economic growth. Having had the Constitution for the number of years that we have, it is now clear in the minds of Kenyans that, and if you listen to all Kenyans from all parts of this country, they want their devolved unit to be a centre of economic growth. Senate should seize the opportunity to ensure that the Act…I am sure we will introduce amendment to this Bill so that we are able to pronounce our 47 counties as centres of economic growth. For as long as we leave it to their own interpretation like we have given them political power, the games that we have across the country and especially now within Nyandarua County will continue. Our people will continue fighting not because they want to bring economic development but because they are fighting for that political power. A bit of that was addressed by Hon. Kimunya when he talked about the powers that we seem to have given the governor. It is for that reason that if you do not interact with them often, when they come to your area, you get confused because you hear people talking of Your Excellency, His Excellency – funny things that do not seem to add up. When we were creating these units, we were not creating excellences across this country, we wanted people who are going to help grow the economy faster because we wanted money taken down into the rural areas. What we now have is money taken to the rural areas to create kings and excellences, people you have to bow to."
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