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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "clear framework for relationship between the national Government and county governments but on how the national Government will achieve the responsibility of devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, I want to emphasize that every time we talk about devolution, we confuse it with counties and their governments. People must separate the two. Devolution is the system of governance that does not just guide county governments but also the national Government. That is why in Article 174 of the Constitution, one of the objectives of devolution is how national Government can devolve its responsibilities and institutions closer to the people. Therefore, when we ask our Committee on Devolved Government and Intergovernmental Relations to look at the policies that we have at the national level, we do not want them to come back with a discussion only on counties; we want them to come back with a discussion on how this House can oversight the national Government on how it is carrying out devolution of their responsibilities and institutions, whether it is National Identification Cards (IDs) that are given by the national Government, a security function or a human rights related monitoring function. All these must be felt at the local level because that is the objective of devolution. I am looking forward to this answer with a lot of expectation. I hope that when the Committee will engage on this issue, they will involve the rest of the Senate and invite us for a whole sitting with the Ministry because it is not an adversarial issue. We are just trying to find out where exactly the country is headed when it comes to matters devolution."
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