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    "content": "you talk about a number of issues, the Governor is the political head. He has to be consulted even in those matters concerning the function of the national Government because the national government programmes will not be successful in any county unless they get the co-operation of the elected leaders of that county. Because of that, I welcome the President’s commitment and I hope that from now henceforth, we shall see that commitment put in practice. I know for a fact that the national and county government coordinating summit which the President chairs is due to meet this week. In the discharge of its functions, it must ensure that the functional and institutional integrity of the county government is respected. I hope that as they meet this week, we shall see a new face of the Government and the signals will come out clearly showing the President’s commitment to devolution in this country. I am just waiting to see the papers to see what comes out of that particular meeting. We should hear that payments have been done. As I said, various Acts will be amended to conform to the Constitution to give strength to the county governments and so on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me pay tribute to the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) for what they did. If you look at the functions of the national Government, it concerns policy, apart from the judiciary, security, foreign relations and so on. When it comes to the matters on the ground, the national Government is just a policy setting organ, but implementation is done by the county. If that is so, although, the CRA only gave 30 per cent of the national budget to the counties, I would urge that the percentage should be increased to 45 per cent to tie in with the work that will be done by the counties. I saw that in the Jubilee manifesto, they are committed to 40 per cent. Can we have that 40 per cent this year and then 45 per cent next year and we proceed that way? I would urge that this Senate passes a resolution to that effect at the right time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue that I want to deal with is ethnicity and tribalism in this country. I was very happy with the President’s Speech when he stated that everyone in Kenya must fulfill their potential regardless of where they come from, what circumstances they are born into or what community they come from. Taking into account that the Government is the biggest employer in this country, I would like that to be implemented starting with the employment in the Public Service. We do know that in the report by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, it was said that some departments or institutions of the Government are dominated by certain ethnic groups. They are normally the ethnic groups of whoever is the head of that institution. We know that this is there even now. In fulfillment of this, the Government should come out clearly because under the Constitution, for example, Article 131 requires that the national executive must reflect regional and ethnic diversity."
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