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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "If I look at the agreement that has been reached between the two levels, and at the lacunas in the law, where the role of the Senate is silent and the procedure, whether public participation is required before or after, they have asked for it to be done within 21 days and the agreement is amended. For me, that is technical. There are four functions that are trying to be reverted to the national Government. Today, we are dealing with a broken down referral system in the health system in Nairobi City County. There are no drugs in hospitals. We can wax lyrical about devolution, but my people are dying. It is very easy for us to say this is right or wrong, but today, that lady in Mbagathi Hospital or Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital does not care who is providing drugs, so long as she gets treated and gets better. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, people are dying because ambulances are not functional. We need a provision that health services, transport, planning and development---. In the Planning Department of Nairobi City County, planning approvals worth more than Kshs615 billion have not been done in the last 10 months. Sen. Kasanga can tell you that. Every building site employs more than 200 youth and they have been jobless for all these months. These are critical services. As we sort out the bigger issues as to when the court case will end and how we should do it, my residents need services in those areas. Nairobi City County remains with agriculture, control of pollution, outdoor advertising, cultural activities, public entertainment amenities, animal control, welfare, trade developments, markets and regulation, pre-primary education and polytechnics. Other services that remain with the county government are firefighting and disaster management. How many minutes do I have?"
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