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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "content": "a full stop, but I insisted that Article 1 says that the sovereignty of this country is exercised at the national and county level. By hardwiring or hardcoding, the transfer of functions from Nairobi, then the people of Nairobi will not have the same right of devolution as the person in Narok. A mother in Mutuini or Ruthimitu does not have someone she can hold to account for provision of health services that she has voted for at the county level, as a lady in Narok South or Lolgorian in Kilgoris. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, every Kenyan has a similar right to representation at the county and national level. Article 1 talks to the sovereignty of this country. We gave examples of very many countries that have succeeded having their capital devolved. The point we made was that do not try and solve a temporary problem that we currently have in Nairobi and we had with the last county government, by having a permanent solution of removing Nairobi from devolution. If 10 per cent of Kenyans are in Nairobi, which is 4.3 million out of 47 million, then we cannot deny 10 per cent of Kenyans the biggest gift of this constitution, which is devolution. I am very happy that, that was taken into account. After Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) finishes its work---. The NMS is doing very important work. They are dealing with cartels, infrastructure, they have good will and resources that a normal county government will not have had in the next---Because they exist for 24 months, the next administration, or the next County Government of Nairobi will have an easier time in dealing. That time, the resources will be higher. If you look at what Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is proposing, and I will speak to that later in the Adjournment Motion, when we talk about 35 per cent of resources to be devolved to the counties, that means that Nairobi County, if it is in the next financial year--- First of all, counties should get Kshs475 billion. Of that Kshs475 billion, with the formula that we put in as “ Team Kenya” and as the Senate, it means that Nairobi County will get Kshs25 billion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with Kshs25 billion, then we add the own-source revenue - we passed the Sectional Properties Law - that will increase revenue in Nairobi by almost Kshs50 billion. We are talking about Kshs75 billion per year. All the challenges we have in this County and in many other counties like Mombasa, which is a City, can be sorted. City counties have a lot to gain on Sectional Properties and the formula we passed in this Senate with 35 per cent of the resources going to counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I want to thank the Secretariat. I want to thank Mr. Charles, Mr. Mitchel Otoro, and all members of our secretariat who participated in this process. They really informed us. I want to thank Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Orengo. They took what the Senate was asking for. They did the back-channeling they needed to do. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the version of BBI we have today, contrary to the hardliners who said not a comma should be removed--- I am glad that Sen. Kang’ata was not one of those hardliners. This is because we sat with Sen. Kang’ata with the President, and he will tell you where we sat. We said: “Please, Mr. President, just give an ear.” I know that some people want a contest; there is no contest. Everyone is supporting BBI, except Sen. Olekina. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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