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"content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, you saw the Senate through my very able good friend, hon. Bonny Khalwale, debating a controversial Bill. He brought a Bill to create structures and even including who should fly the national flag. Little does he know that there is already a law existing about who should fly the flag. You do not create a law when you have not repealed the existing law or you have not amended it. That is why he should get good advice from hon. Keynan. Hon. Keynan is amending an existing law. So, when that Bill comes to this House, it is unconstitutional. You cannot have KERRA and KURA money taken to the counties when KERRA is existing as an entity of law. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the second one is rural electrification and again who defined âdevolutionâ? Constituencies are the smallest units of devolution. Constituencies have been tested over time. They have been given resources. They have been tested. Their capacity can withstand history but the capacity of county governments is in question. So, do you go for the one where the capacity has been tested or you go for one which you are not sure? The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) is a creation of this House. For you to take the money of REA to the Governors, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy must bring a Bill to collapse REA. Hon. Speaker, there is a lot of confusion in the country. Some people are running away with the baby called âdevolutionâ. They are saying they are the protectors of devolution. I want to say it that no political party, politician or Government, in the future, will say they own devolution. Devolution is owned by the people of Kenya and how to implement it, is in the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I support and I am sure you need to give guidance. We are going to support the law brought by hon. Keynan because we represent the people. We do not represent counties, governments or national Government, we represent the individual 40 million Kenyans who have brought us here. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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