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    "id": 868417,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "As we start this session, Mr. Speaker, Sir, our agenda is cut out. There are two main events that will further shape what we will do. We will have the Devolution Conference and the Legislative Summit. However, we hope that before that, we will have a retreat to shape how this session will be. This will be very important so that the Devolution Conference will be result-oriented. I know that we have had two Devolution Conferences as a House in a friendlier manner. However, we need to ask ourselves what we delivered at the end of the Conference. It is important for us to make sure that before we hold our second event which is the Legislative Summit, we strike a relationship with the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) so that the future of protecting the interests of the counties and their governments is outlined properly. This is another event that requires that we come up with results. Mr. Speaker, Sir, devolution is only seven years old. However, we need to ask ourselves how much we have gained out of it. In particular, I support colleagues who have talked about Article 96 of the Constitution. We need to protect the interests of counties and their governments because counties, per se, include the public and the communities within the counties. When we were on recess, people kept saying that they know little about our job. They kept on asking what we have protected in the last two years. Therefore, we really need to breakdown that protection and properly address the oversight agenda. I, therefore, support that our oversight agenda must be the real issue that we will leave after the end of this Session. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of time, I will not go far. However, we also need to be clear about whether our resources are followed---"
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