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"content": "land, but when you come to community land, even public land is owned on behalf of communities. Really, if you look at that deeply, and you combine it with what we are calling regionalism, that is a recipe for disaster in this country. I have no problem with the counties; a county is such a small unit. It has no capacity, despite the fact that you have given it a lot of power. It has no capacity to cause instability in this country. But a region, which is doing succession and which has power, the way it is spelt out under Section 1 (4) in this Constitution, that sovereignty shall be expressed at two levels, sovereignty being supreme power and independent authority. We are actually agreeing to balkanize this country. The excuses our friends are using to say that we are creating an imperial presidency is English Language. We have, for once, a president that we can sack. How is he going to be imperial, unless you are telling Kenyans that the entire National Assembly and the entire Senate will be compromised by this one man called the President? So, the issue of arguing that we are creating an imperial presidency does not arise! We will have our own independent calendar. As hon. Members, if we do fail and cannot handle a single man, yet we have been given the powers in the same Constitution, there is something else we are telling Kenyans â that we are not able to stand firm and serve their interests! Otherwise, devolution, as far as I am concerned, is what we have been talking about. The way I understand Kenyans, they wanted money on the ground; that is all they need! This Constitution will give Kenyans money at a very low level. What is the purpose of mini regions with mini presidents called governors, if it is not mischief?"
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