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    "id": 837607,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837607/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "Fund. Even as we debate this Bill, I hope it is not one of the many that we debate; pass and then we take it to shelves to gather dust. I say so because there is a bit of correlation between this Bill and something else that is called County Development Committee that was supposed to bring about all elected leaders in our counties in so far as development in our counties is concerned. Also talking about that fund, I have seen a lot of work being allocated to that fund as a body. One of it is the issue of infrastructure. I am just wondering the practicality of it. I will give an example of Nairobi City or any other. Of course, we have other entities and other levels of government and administration that are charged with doing the same work. Even as we pass this Bill, I think we need to align the work of each so that we do not duplicate. That is because as things are now, even on devolution, we already have layers of service delivery. For example, now as we try to build our roads through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA)... Actually, I am not very much aware and sure of which level our roads are and which are county roads, and who should do what when it comes to infrastructural development. In my opinion, this fund should just be a kind of an arbiter, especially in the towns that are in several counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am sure even where you come from there are issues about a town that is contested between two counties. One is Keroka. Some part of Keroka is in Kisii and the other one is in Nyamira. Those kinds of towns can be arbitrated and managed by that kind of fund. However, in other normal scenarios, for example, Murang’a Town where I come from within Kiharu, I think that kind of fund should not do infrastructural development. Hon. Gikaria moved the motion to reduce the time to about five minutes because I believe there is a lot of interest in this Bill. Basically, all of us have got towns in our constituencies. Some of us live in towns, cities and manyattas like my brother, Hon. Sankok. Therefore, I am sure when we talk about markets, urban areas and cities, it is just about minding about areas that carry a high density of people. However, our towns are a far cry when it comes to planning and even comparatively to other towns in Africa."
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