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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "periodicals from World Health Organization (WHO) saying encourage, coordinate and collaborate. What the senate should be doing in this Bill - and what our Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs should go further and do - is to attempt to make the recommendations in this Bill actionable so that we are seen to support the functions of the counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), I believe there is a clear reason why this is a national authority for safety, standards, construction of roads and inspection of vehicles. But any attempt to try and divide this particular function to please individuals - wherever they are - will be undermining the safety of Kenyans on the Kenyan roads. That is why I am saying that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs must go further and interrogate the rationale behind giving these functions to other individuals and organizations. There is also the recommendation of three persons to be appointed by the Council of Governors. We have 47 counties. Where will those three come from? Kenya is a unitary State and any attempt to define it otherwise could be a big mistake to even undermine the unity of this country. Liquor licensing is a devolved function. In Section 5 of the Bill, the Senate says that this is subject to distribution of functions between the national Government and the county governments. Clearly, there is a failure to understand the role of the national Government and the role of the county governments in that. If we clearly understand this, we cannot come up with a Bill to say that we again distribute functions. In this Bill, the Council of Governors is seen in several instances. I would like the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to tell us if this is just a club of like-minded individuals coming together or it is in our statutes for us to give them a responsibility within the laws of the land. In the area of sports, I agree with the Member who spoke before me that the counties must be given more responsibilities in terms of developing sports and the youth. However, there should not be any attempts to usurp the duties of the Cabinet Secretary, which are clearly enshrined in our Constitution. Finally, the area of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) forms a very important part of this Bill. Reading through it, it is just literature without any substance to hang our hats on. For example, with regards to measures for assistance and protection, what does this Bill attempt to define or come up with? What are those durable solutions? In the Third Reading, we must make sure that the Bill clearly lays out the functions at the two levels of Government and also to assist the counties in terms of their functions."
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