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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, with a lot of respect to your authority to organize the Order of business, I wanted to bring your attention to Order No.16. The Intergovernmental Relations (Amendment) Bill, (Senate Bills No. 37 of 2021) which is an amendment, which should be going to the Committee of the Whole. The reason I raise this at this point, is to beg your indulgence to defer that Order. I request that your office scrutinizes the proposed amendment to see whether they are in line with the Standing Order No. 147(5) which says- “No amendment shall be permitted to be moved to a Bill, if the amendment deals with a different subject or topic or unreasonably or unduly expands the subject of the Bill.” I wish I would have executed this when Sen. Omogeni was here but he has made an amendment to another amendment that I brought to the House. When I looked at his amendment, I felt that it was offensive to Standing Order No.147 (5). The fact that it is on the Order Paper means that you are seized of the matter. I request you have a second look at it to confirm whether we are in line with Standing Order No. 147(5). Secondly and finally, I will also take the opportunity to engage Sen. Omogeni to explain to him the thoughts of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on why we thought we needed to prioritize the issue of transfer of functions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it might not be known to many of us that the deed of transfer of functions between the Nairobi city County government and the Nairobi Metropolitan services (NMS) has been extended. It ought to have lapsed in March, 2022 and we got the information that it has been extended to run till August, 2022. Sen. Sakaja, who is going to run for a gubernatorial seat for the Nairobi City County government needs to know whether you are going to run the city with all its flesh and bones or you are going to do it with bones like the fish we call mgongo wazi . This is because NMS has taken all the flesh and the governor is remaining with the bones. That amendment which started when Sen. Kinyua was Chair. Sen. Murkomen and the rest of us in the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental relations thought it was urgent and important. If we mixed it with issues of the Council of Governors (COG) or strengthening the CoG, we were going to run into issues of Money Bills in the National Assembly and we were going to introduce an additional point of failure. I urge that you look at Standing Order No.147 (5) but I will also take the opportunity to explain to Sen. Omogeni why we think we can deal with this amendment in a different fashion. Therefore, we stand down that Order."
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