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    "id": 902895,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902895/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "COGNIZANT THAT following the said resolution of the Senate, conditional grants have been advanced to the five counties classified under the „AA category‟ during the financial years 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and further allocations have been budgeted for the Financial Year 2019/2020; CONCERNED THAT to date, no allocations have been made by way of conditional grants to the six counties identified as requiring assistance under „A Category,‟ and that these counties continue to experience grave challenges in terms of infrastructure that have hampered their operations; AWARE THAT the said counties are at various stages of putting up the infrastructure required to make them fully operational, and that some may have already been completed; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT the Senate is mandated to protect the interests of counties and their governments, which includes ensuring that the county governments are fully operational; NOW, THEREFORE, the Senate resolves that the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations undertakes an assessment of the current status of county government facilities in the following counties, and to report to the Senate within three months:- (1) Under „Category AA‟: Isiolo, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana River and Tharaka-Nithi Counties; with a view to ascertaining uptake of the funds allocated so far, progress made in construction of County Headquarter facilities, and whether any additional budgetary support is still required; and, (2) Under „category A‟: Bomet, Kitui, Marsabit, Nyamira, Siaya and Taita Taveta Counties; with a view to ascertaining the current status of County Headquarter facilities, which would form the basis for possible budgetary assistance to the said Counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of county headquarters for our county governments is key to the delivery of services. If I can pick the case of the county I represent, which is Nyamira, we still remain squatters; sharing offices with the County Commissioner. The county government continues to operate from offices that were under the national Government. This does not give a good face of what should be the county headquarters."
}