{"id":364112,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/364112/?format=json","text_counter":299,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, Sir, in the same breath, if the national Government assumes that by starving the county Government they have it better it is still cutting your nose to spite your face. We have moved into a new dispensation and into a new system of Government. Hon. Speaker, Sir, despite the provisions of Articles 94 and 110 and what all the hon. Members have said, I think there really is need for greater civic education on the issue of devolution. Many of our citizens are not clear about what this devolution is. Some people still think that we are in a federal state or rather think that this devolution implies federalism. Indeed, the relevant institutions and agencies that have been given this mandate, that is the Transitional Authority (TA), the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and all commissions that have heavy budgets should really spend time to educate Kenyans on what devolution means, on what the role of the National Assembly and that of the Senate with respect to devolution is. Hon. Speaker, Sir, finally I would just like to point out that having gone through the recommendations of the Senate on this Bill, I have seen that there is a fear that is unjustified. There is a fear that certain functions of the county Government have been left with the national Government and the funds have been kept at the national level. The Constitution is very clear in Article 187(2) and it states that: “If a function or power is transferred from a government at one level to a government at the other level –"}