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    "id": 392985,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "This particular section of the Act leaves the pressure of settling displaced persons to the national Government. We have proposed that the county governments be involved in this process. The law as it is today leaves this particular provision in Section 11 of Act 56 to the national Government alone. You saw the Jubilee Government giving Kshs400, 000 to people in Rift Valley while squatters in Kibwezi have squatted for the last 15 years yet they have not been resettled; but they were given allotment letters. The only way to remove this skewed allocation for resettlement of displaced squatters is to ensure that this recommendation is followed by yet another recommendation; that the Act be amended so that county governments can participate in this process and, therefore, the discrimination that we see can then be removed. Madam Temporary Speaker, issues to do with roads are one of things that are piling before the Senate, so that the discrimination which is being propagated –whether deliberately or otherwise – by the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) over roads is also done away with. While some counties in this country can take pride in saying that they have 300 or 400 kilometres of road, I am afraid that in places like Makueni, the road network is not something that is worth discussing because there are no roads. Therefore, these recommendations are timely. But there is also a Motion I believe we passed so that the counties can take over the works on our roads, particularly, Class D downwards, which will necessitate that the allocation of revenue in terms of revenue sharing will increase so that we are able, as counties, to develop our own roads without waiting for the national Government to do so. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of land laws has been addressed in the CIPD, which I had alluded to before under the County Governments Act and there is no need to belabor the point. There is something skewed about it. I am happy that this has been discussed in my Committee; that as Senators, we must be involved in some of these things particularly in my county. I was only sent a notice to mobilize people for this particular purpose, yet it is a five-year plan where there is no formula about other leaders getting involved. Therefore, we have a plan created by our county for five years. Leaders have not been included; there is no formula; the law does not encompass, for example, the formula of involving Members of Parliament, Senators, Women Representatives, etcetera, yet that county is running and our role as Senators is to do with oversight. In the end, therefore, we have no input, we are left behind and we cannot perform our role as Senators or as the Senate. Madam Temporary Speaker, in terms of the roles to be played by the national Government, I am aware that in part 2 of the Fourth Schedule under county governments – allow me to read – there is a provision for:"
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