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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am a worried person as a Member of this House. This is because it is as if anything that is established under an Act of this House is completely disregarded. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if history serves me right, and the senior Senator, who was a former military man can attest to this, KMC was established in the late 1950s under an Act of Parliament. Therefore, the best thing that the Attorney-General could have advised the President is to go back to Parliament and then discuss on how to set up an Act of Parliament that can transfer a devolved function. This is because livestock and agriculture were devolved to the county governments. Sen. Mary Seneta has brought several Statements in this House asking when farmers will be paid for the meat that was supplied to the KMC. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have read in the newspapers and been informed - and I believe that the information that I have is accurate - that the KDF is actually one of the biggest users and liabilities to the KMC. There is a figure of about Kshs7 billion that is being mentioned that KDF has never paid. It shocks me that in this country now, when there is a problem, you do not create a solution, but deepen the problem. If the KDF owes KMC Kshs7 billion and now you have transferred that to them, are you telling us that you will write off that debt? What about the farmers who have supplied meat to the KMC? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think this House needs to think about if there is any relationship between the national Government and the county government, or rather where functions seem to cross each other--- I know there is an issue of policy coming from the national Government. However, agriculture and livestock are devolved functions. The best way forward would be to ensure that the 47 counties sit down and discuss on how to devolve the KMC. If you have the KMC under the Ministry of Defence, how will the people from Isiolo and Narok deliver meat to KMC in a military zone? The last time I checked, a military area is protected. If you are trying to grow business, how do you then do business in a protected area?"
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