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    "id": 1462427,
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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": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, I was with Sen. Ledama Olekina in drafting the fiduciary risk report I have referred to. It has his footprints all over and I remember we spent a lot of time with him in retreats and report writing. It is a report that my Committee hopes to bring back to the House. We pointed out that illegality. It is for that reason that the House adopted our report and said that those contributions were irregular. They were irregularities and illegalities by drawing money from county revenue funds rather than the Consolidated Fund, which statute requires should be the route through which the Council is funded. We even said, assuming that I was the secretary general of a political party and I am not getting the money I am supposed to be getting from the Political Parties Fund, should county governments contribute towards the welfare of that political party? No, because in law, political parties should be funded from that Fund. In law, the COG and the IGRTC should be funded from the Consolidated Fund. However, we must give it to those who established the COG. It is difficult to build institutions. We must give it to even the founding Members of this House. The National Assembly was in existence and there were structures. The founding Speaker, the Clerk, staff and Members had a tough responsibility to give effect to a new provision of the Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is that ingenuity that I am talking about on the part of the CEO and the founding team of the COG. They gave it visibility, credibility and a voice that was louder than the IGRTC which was supposed to be the bigger institution. That is what I meant by saying that they outsmarted the IGRTC. To date, with Ms. Mary Mwiti as the CEO, you will still hear the COG more than you will hear the IGRTC. The IGRTC has been led by very distinguished citizens. The Transition Authority (TA) was led by Kinuthia Wamwangi, who still continues to be a voice of reason and wisdom, when it comes to devolution. There was Prof. Karega Mutahi and from where I come from, we hold him in very high regard. This is because, he came to Mfangano Island, an area that did not have schools and he established a school called; Prof. Karega Mutahi School. It is right in the middle of Mfangano Island and it is a school that has provided opportunities to many residents of Mfangano Island. Currently, Mr. Githinji Kiragu, is the Chair of the IGRTC and we are happy that it is during his tenure, they have brought this amendment for us to have clarity. Madam Temporary Speaker, let the Committee on Devolution ask the COG why we cannot find a way of acting in a complementary manner. Why is it we have always been acting in a competitive manner and yet ultimately, those with the responsibility in this Constitution, to defend and protect devolution, counties and their governments is this Senate? As we give effect and separate and give funding arrangements to the COG, let them not imagine that they shall be in competition with the Senate. Let them also not imagine that they shall be superior to the Senate."
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