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    "id": 1545552,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chimera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make brief comments on the Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda, SC, on the transfer of core functions to our cities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a saying that a law is valuable, not because it is law, but because there is a certain right in it. As a House, together with our counterparts at the National Assembly, we passed into law the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011. There are certain silent provisions of that law that clearly confirm and speak to the transfer of functions to our cities what we call municipalities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a member of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPIC), we have recently been examining audit reports on the functions, management, financial and audit probity of this. To my shock, even as a new member of that Committee, most of these boards are not independent. There has not been a complete transfer of functions from the County Executives to these boards. Most governors are not even aware that there exists such a law. They still want to clone this function, and as such, most of the functions that are meant to be undertaken by our boards at municipal level, are not happening. For instance, in the Diani Municipality, my good Governor of Kwale County will be appearing before us anytime soon. I want to imagine she has completely ceded functions to this board, so that we can give and confer those rights in law to those officials tasked with the role of managing the functions, roles and duties of those boards, so that they can operate independently and autonomously, without any undue influence from the government. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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