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    "id": 1151440,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to reply and thank Sen. Farhiya for graciously seconding, and Sen. M. Kajwang’ for coming out strongly to make proposals on how we can strengthen issues on conflict mitigation. I noted that. We have all agreed that conflict is caused mostly by distribution of resources. I was checking how we distributed those resources today, looking at the allocation done with my County of Kajiado getting Kshs7.9 billion. If we could distribute everything in the manner that this Senate is doing, it will be good. That is almost 10 per cent of the trillions, we are getting as a country. Issues on how we can mitigate conflicts caused by improper sharing of resources is something we need to think about. I have noted the concerns that have been raised by our Senators, on the description of the duties of the President. In this Bill, we are trying to run away from the President as an individual. Sen. M. Kajwang has made a proposal that can only be achieved if we have a good President. Suppose we do not have a good President? Let us not put these powers on an individual; let us put them in institutions. That is why we are proposing that the NCIC, being a creation of the Constitution, should be respected and strengthened. We should put the powers in an institution rather than an individual. Should we not have a good President, we will be in trouble as a country. I have noted your submissions on the issue of a third on balancing ethnicity and appreciating our diversity in each of our counties. If each county is saying that this is our county; we want to employ everybody from the county, then what happens to the non- ethnic in that county? That is why we have strictly put that provision in the Constitution. We should embrace our diversity, values and principles as a nation. We will not have to chase those that are non-ethnic in that county. I appreciate the concerns and comments by the Speaker. Let us look at that provision and effect it. Our Committee on National cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration has been calling the relevant government officers to explain to us how this is happening, county by county, and how they are complying. When you name and shame them, as proposed, they will know this is serious business. We should have stiffer penalties when people do not comply in the counties for purposes of diversity. This is an issue we should make more criminal than we have done for us to have ethnic balance in our counties. I have noted the issue of fines and consistency. We will look into that. The issues of the headquarters being in Nairobi did not sound bad, only that we have proposed that we devolve to branches in the counties. We can open it up for the commission to see whether they can relocate to any part of this country. At the moment, we have provided that we devolve by having branches in the counties and the headquarters in Nairobi. I appreciate the support for this Bill."
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