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    "id": 955907,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego-Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that Siaya County is doing very badly. The only thing you see in the county is contractors who are doing roads. They have resources in their pockets because they are paid on time. But when you go to hospitals and health centres, nothing is going on. The other issue is that the Constitution mandates county governments to conduct public participation before they develop their programmes. In my county, what the people want to be done is not being done. So, I want to ask the Senate to ensure that county governments are implementing programmes based on what the people want. The other issue is that there are some county governments that have said they want to be dissolved. A case in point is the county of Taita Taveta. I was surprised when the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya said that the county government should not be dissolved when the Governor himself, who was elected, had said that the county government is moribund and doing nothing. I want to urge elected leaders in this country, especially the Deputy President, not to continue to interfere with the operations of county governments. County governments are independent and if they want to undertake anything like dissolving themselves, nobody should come out and say that the county must continue to operate. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}