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    "content": "Again, it has provided the manner in which oversight will be undertaken. It is clear that the county assembly shall exercise oversight over functions that have been transferred. There has been some concern on who should be over sighting NMS, especially when they say they are an Executive agency or branch. They have been suggesting that NMS should be reporting to the National Assembly and not the Senate. I think that is a ridiculous way of looking at things. Article 187 of the Constitution is still there and it says that constitutional responsibility lies with the entity to which that function was assigned. Therefore, this amendment attempts to make that very clear that the county assembly continues to exercise oversight over the transferred functions. The Senate as well has a responsibility to oversee the implementation of the inter-governmental agreement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have made an important proposal that an agreement to transfer functions from the county to national Government shall lapse at the next general election. This is the practice in other jurisdictions like Australia. We do not want a situation where Sen. Sakaja, running for Governor of Nairobi City County, is doing so to be able to go and manage the payroll because all the substantive functions have been taken away by NMS. It should be clear that when you are running for Governor of Nairobi City or any other county, you are going to exercise the powers of a governor undiluted. The current deed of transfer lapses sometimes in February or March next year. In the event that the Executive was to extend it, that extension should not go beyond the next general election."
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