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    "id": 1119693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is always a joy listening to Sen. M. Kajwang‟. He is one of those who I have a hard time in concealing education. It just comes out. He has done a brilliant job espousing the true nature of devolution and the tenets of our Constitution. This is timely. At a time when we are grappling with a practical example of transfer of functions, I am grateful to the Committee. Sen. Olekina has been passionate about this issue. During our oversight meetings with NMS and Nairobi City County Government many times he has insisted that they cannot show up on their own, but come with the bearer of the constitutional responsibility. In this particular case, the Nairobi County Government. This is a necessary piece of legislation at this time. I will outline why I say that as I find a copy of the Bill. The drafters of Article 187 of the Constitution had a good reason to provide for transfer of functions between county governments and national Government. The drafters of our Constitution, including the task force on devolution never imagined that all functions would immediately be devolved. There was supposed to be a phased-out devolution of the functions in the Fourth Schedule. However, due to outcry, and I remember that time we had a strong Council of Governors (CoG) led by Governor Isaac Ruto. They insisted that everything must be devolved and we all plunged into devolution at a go. However, it was supposed to be phased out. Nonetheless, here we are. The most beautiful gift this Constitution holds is devolution. That is why when we were discussing Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report and the draft that proposed"
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