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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"content": " Leader, you should take your place. Every Member is having a comment on your earlier statement. Next is the veteran Member of Parliament, Hon. Adan Keynan."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On the face of it, this is a very good Bill. It ought to have come a long time ago, pursuant to the enactment of the current Constitution. I congratulate the Chairman, Hon. Peter Lochakapong, and his team, for this well-intended Bill. If I look at the memorandum of objects and reasons of the Bill on the establishment, powers and functions to streamline those many regional bodies, it is a timely one. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "(Hon. Owen Baya consulted with other Members)"
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"content": "I hope that Hon. Owen Baya, the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, will hear our sentiments. This Bill is a precursor to the promulgation of the current Constitution. Hon. Owen Baya is still very busy consulting. The operations, activities and mandates of those regional bodies have been overlapping. The original idea of having regional bodies was superb and good . Mzee Moi and his cohort had a good idea of devolving funds through those regional bodies. Over time, because of the changing dynamics of Kenya and our constitutional framework, the functions and original mandate of some of those bodies have been declared nugatory. Therefore, we need to streamline and put them into perspective to complement the role of the national Government. What Hon. Owen Baya is suggesting is not good. I am sure he is a leader trying to create a niche for himself in the Coast region, but that should not negate the national spirit. Hon. Temporary Speaker, generally, over the years, the things that have really reduced every aspect of our development agenda are regionalism, tribalism, cronyism and corruption. As much as I agree that the people of the Coast region require that dynamic approach, we must also appreciate that the region is part and parcel of the Republic of Kenya and Kenya is a unitary State. Therefore, that approach to our development agenda only negates the national spirit."
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"content": "(Hon. Paul Biego entered the chambers without bowing)"
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"content": " Order. Let that Member go back and do the correct thing. This is a House of rules and order."
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"content": "Proceed."
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"content": " The approach suggested by Hon. Baya only negates the national spirit. It is not in tandem with both the letter and the spirit of the current Constitution. It does not appreciate the diversity of the Republic of Kenya and it does not appreciate the premier nature of the Republic of Kenya. I thought, Hon. Temporary Speaker that, as a very wise man, you would have ruled Hon. Baya out of order to the extent that his creative imagination actually still lingers with the old ideas of regionalism, majimboism and other negative ideas that we shed off under the current generous Constitution. It is also time we dissect mandates and activities in line with the current Constitution; and in line with the relevant statutory establishment and also in line with the Mwongozo Rules. Once this is properly contextualised by taking into account the objects and the reasons of this particular Bill, it will create an effective, efficient and transparently run regional authorities. That is what we endeavour to have and what we are looking forward to. I am sure that is the intent and the motivation behind the Chairman of this critical Committee. We also need to think outside the box. This premier country, whose leadership the Almighty God has bestowed on it, and this critical group, requires two things. We need to think outside the box. Over the years, everything we have done has been laden with tribalism and it has failed to work. Look at where we are. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me get your attention on this. I know most of us were born after Independence. Once we got our Independence, the Kenya that the colonialists had in mind and the Kenya that we have today are completely different. That is why the President and the Government are struggling to put us back to where we are supposed to be. We used to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "have the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC). In 1968, and I am sure many of you were born after 1968, the GDP of the Republic of Kenya was the same as the one of South Korea. What has changed today? The GDP of South Korea is 50 times bigger than that of Kenya. In 1968, Botswana borrowed from Kenya the idea of setting up a meat commission like the KMC. Where are we today? Today, Botswana provides meat to the entire world whilst KMC is under receivership. What has taken us there? Tribalism, regionalism, corruption, nepotism and everything else that we can attribute to this negative thinking that Hon. Baya was trying to introduce. I thought Hon. Baya, being a very progressive Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, should tell us how we can get out of those perennial challenges in the name of tribalism and regionalism so that Kenya can join the league of developed nations. When I look at this Bill, it is dealing with the formations of those regional boards. It is an administrative issue. I remind my colleagues here today that, today, you are a Member of Parliament but, tomorrow, you could be an ordinary citizen. Therefore, as we do this, we should legislate for posterity not having a particular issue or a particular person in mind. That is why the collective thought of this particular group, and our Secretary-General of the Northern Kenya Parliamentary Group is a Member of this Committee, is good. Those are the things that we need to address. We need to have the entity that deals with northern Kenya so that Ewaso Nyiro Development Authority can function efficiently and effectively. They have one of the best managing directors but, because of the structural challenges, that organisation cannot work. Those are some of the things that this Bill attempts to cure. I commend the Committee. In conclusion, Hon. Temporary Speaker, there comes a time, as the late Professor George Saitoti said, when the country is more important than an individual’s thinking. We need to collectively put our thoughts together so that the Kenya that we have, through our little contribution, joins the league of developed nations. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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