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    "id": 890845,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "contract that was awarded of Kshs150 million for the construction of governor’s residence in county ‘X’ or “Y’ would be reduced to Kshs45 million. We must do it in an amicable way or use alternative dispute resolution. We do not want to have many court orders delaying some of these projects and derail success of devolution in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we move forward in making sure that our governors, deputy governors and speakers are comfortable and work in air conditioned offices, they must also deliver services to our people. As we also ensure that we build county assembly chambers for MCAs, they must also whole heartedly serve the electorate and ensure devolution succeeds. The reason we are making their environment more enabling is for them to fulfil to the letter spirit of Article 174 of the Constitution. With enough office space, proper chambers, consultation rooms where they host their County Executive Committee members, visitors and investors coming to discuss development agenda of their counties, we expect them to work for the people. I want to finish by challenging the Council of Governors (CoG) to do their own peer review on what they doing in terms of ensuring that devolution works for Kenyans. Even the speakers, through the County Assembly Forum (CAF), must also ask themselves whether they have facilitated the passage of legislation to make devolution succeed. Yesterday we saw the Auditor-General’s Report that some counties are spending too much on foreign travels. Some of these foreign travels are unnecessary. Some people travel all the way to Jerusalem to see where Jesus was born. That is very interesting. We, Christians, believe that Jesus Christ was born in our hearts the moment we embraced him. Why should you go and waste taxpayers money by visiting places that are not important or which do not add any significance to the development agenda of that particular county? The ball is on the governors and MCAs’ courts to make sure devolution works. We hope that as we make devolution work for the people, they must ensure that it works for all of us. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support."
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