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    "id": 1077440,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1077440/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kiarie Waweru",
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    "content": "As the transfer of services to Nairobi Metropolitan Services was happening, the guiding principle which should have been followed should have been one that ensures we are able to oversee the monies that are allocated to the Nairobi Metropolitan Services. But as it is now, the framework that was used for the transfer is not fully provided for in the Constitution, which has left the situation in Nairobi to be at best unclear, if not opaque. The deed of transfer of functions did nothing to provide for the disbursement modalities of the monies we shall be sending to the Nairobi City County. This confusion spells doom for the institutions that are supposed to oversee the monies that I have talked about: monies to the tune of Kshs42 billion being pumped to Nairobi City in this financial year. If there is money allocated to the Nairobi City through the Office of the President, how will the County Assembly of Nairobi oversee that? On the flipside, if there is money being allocated to the County of Nairobi in an emasculated assembly, we know the situation of Nairobi County Assembly today, how can Parliament be able to go to the Assembly and oversee the Kshs19 billion that will be sent there? In essence, the county assembly will not be able to oversee the Kshs9 billion that will be allocated to the Office of the President. This Parliament will not be in a position to oversee the Kshs19 billion plus over Kshs12 billion that will be allocated to the county assembly. The best case scenario in my mind should have been a situation where, if we are transferring the critical functions to an entity like the Nairobi Metropolitan Services, it should have been done in such a way that the monies go to the Ministry of Devolution which we will be able to oversee. The Ministry of Devolution will transfer those monies to the line ministries that are responsible for the transferred functions. Anything beyond that leaves a loophole for all manner of hanky-panky to happen."
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