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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I also join you in welcoming the delegation from Kisumu County. It is really a pleasure to have you in the Senate this afternoon, where you have come to see how we work while looking after the interests of counties. You must have had a chance to look at the Order Papers, just to get a highlight of many of the issues that we have been dealing with. Yesterday afternoon, we were dealing with Private Public Partnerships and the dynamics of making those partnerships within the counties and the need for involvement through feasibility studies and through projects. We were also looking at the Local Content Bill and later on in the afternoon, the Urban Areas and Cities. On the Floor of the House, we also started debating the Treaty Making and Ratification Amendment Bill, which are all very critical. We are also listening to various Petitions. All these are meant to work in sync with the county assemblies so that we are able to identify some of the pertinent issues and make legislation which can be cascaded to the county assemblies and we might be able to take this legislation and contextualize it within your counties and be able to ensure that development that is so much sought after through devolution is actually achieved. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Members of the County Assembly who are here run very important programmes in their counties because they are representatives of the people. Kenyans are looking forward to seeing that the social and economic rights that should be unleashed through devolution really does happen. I know we are doing the second round of devolution and we have had lessons learnt in the first round of devolution and this is the second round. As we wish them well, we also wish ourselves well. Together we can actually unlock the potential of these counties, which is what all Kenyans are looking forward to. Thank you."
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