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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make brief comments on the Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda, SC, on the transfer of core functions to our cities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a saying that a law is valuable, not because it is law, but because there is a certain right in it. As a House, together with our counterparts at the National Assembly, we passed into law the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011. There are certain silent provisions of that law that clearly confirm and speak to the transfer of functions to our cities what we call municipalities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a member of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPIC), we have recently been examining audit reports on the functions, management, financial and audit probity of this. To my shock, even as a new member of that Committee, most of these boards are not independent. There has not been a complete transfer of functions from the County Executives to these boards. Most governors are not even aware that there exists such a law. They still want to clone this function, and as such, most of the functions that are meant to be undertaken by our boards at municipal level, are not happening. For instance, in the Diani Municipality, my good Governor of Kwale County will be appearing before us anytime soon. I want to imagine she has completely ceded functions to this board, so that we can give and confer those rights in law to those officials tasked with the role of managing the functions, roles and duties of those boards, so that they can operate independently and autonomously, without any undue influence from the government. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, and perhaps the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, that as they go around the country sampling counties that are either compliant or not, to be firm and speak to the governors. They should inform them that there is a law that allows them to transfer core functions and mandates to these boards, so that we do not end up having boards that are not autonomous, cannot make decisions on their own, or are just an extension or rather an appendage of the agreement. With those many remarks, I congratulate the Senator for Kisumu County, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda Odhiambo, SC, for a very well-thought-out Statement. I know this gives a chance to most of our governors to allow people below them; municipal managers, accountants and heads of water service providers to be functionally independent, so that they can perform their core duties as envisaged in that Urban Areas and Cities Act."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to make those many comments."
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Abass."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to contribute to Sen. Chute’s Statement on the livestock vaccination campaign. Livestock campaigns or vaccinations have been a common trend in this country. They are conducted annually and have been going on for many years. Livestock vaccination is a routine thing that has always been done by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. However, this particular one has caused a lot of interest and concern among livestock farmers because of two reasons. To begin with, there is a clip that was doing rounds on social media, where somebody by the name of Bill Gates was talking about how to control animal farting. We wondered whether it was an Artificial Intelligence (AI) issue or a fact. They are saying that livestock emit a lot of gas, which unfortunately causes global warming. Livestock and other animals belching cannot cause any global warming compared to what is happening in the first world countries. Many industries emit a lot of gases, but surprisingly--- Secondly, there has been a lot of interest, especially from our Head of State, saying that our livestock must be vaccinated. It has not been common because this was a routine thing. I do not know why there is so much interest by the Head of State. This is actually what has caused concerns. Farmers are getting worried, especially because of the issue of Bill Gates that was doing the rounds. I do not know if it is a true story or whether it is an AI issue. It is argued that voices and even pictures and everything can be changed. Therefore, it has caused a lot of concern. Livestock farmers are not willing to take their animals for vaccination. Actually, most of them are resisting. We might miss routine vaccinations that have been going on for many years. It is necessary to have routine animal vaccinations so that we control diseases. It is a routine thing because there is something called the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Animals must be vaccinated for them to be transported, sold, or exported to other countries. Therefore, this Statement is timely. We need to get the correct position of the vaccination campaign from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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"content": " Sen. Seki, you have the Floor."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to support the Statement by Sen. Chute on the livestock vaccination programme in the country at the moment. It has come at the right time for livestock farmers in the country. The Government has pronounced itself saying that they will vaccinate livestock all over the country. This Statement specifically looks at the kind of diseases and vaccination that will be carried out for a specific period. We are yet to know the kind of vaccination. Livestock farmers have not been told the kind of vaccination that the Government is trying roll out for our cows and other animals. Farmers usually have a variety of vaccinations from time to time. As farmers, we want to be clear about the vaccination. I know well that the issue of the budget has been requested in the Statement. We are yet to know the budget that has been set aside to vaccinate animals. That was not in the budget last year or even the year before. So, we want to know exactly where the funding will come from. The Ministry should explain to farmers where they will get the budget to vaccinate the animals. We also have a concern on is the issue of the national Government taking or usurping functions of county governments without proper consultation. This is a fully devolved function for county governments. As a Senate, we are here to protect the interests of the counties. The other interesting thing I would wish to see the Statement solve is the issue of approvals by the Kenya Veterinary Board (KVB). I do not know if they have approved this kind of vaccination for our livestock. I also want to take an opportunity to add my voice to the Statement by the Senator for Kisumu, Prof. Ojienda. The Statement talks about transfer of functions to the municipalities or even cities. I want to echo what professor has said. We are looking forward to seeing if counties have devolved all the functions to the cities. We need to support the spirit of devolution by devolving more functions to the lowest level of the counties. If a county government has transferred functions to cities and municipalities within its area, I think that is how it should be. We are looking at the counties trying to usurp and get almost everything for themselves without devolving functions to the lowest level, so that services reach the local mwananchi. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also support it."
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"content": "(Sen. Kathuri spoke off record)"
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