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    "content": "organizations--- I am even worried that they may do this to Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and all the organizations using a stroke of a pen through miscellaneous amendments. So, I will oppose the amendments because it is mischievous of the Attorney-General to bring these major amendments through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. These are issues that hon. Members need time to talk about. This also brings in another issue of governors, that they will decide the place that will be their municipal council. That should be the responsibility of the county assemblies at the county level. How do you give one person such responsibility? The responsibility of a governor, the way I understand it, is to manage resources which have been voted by the county government so that the services--- The reason why we formed the county governments is so that Kenyans can enjoy the fruits of better roads and water supply. That is the purpose of devolution. The purpose of devolution was not to increase tax or bring misery to ordinary people. I expect the people who have been made governors to be lenient. For example, instead of taking Kshs40 a day from the boda boda people, they should contribute that amount to form a kitty for a co-operative society so that at the end of the month, somebody may have saved Kshs1,000. If they are 20 of them, then they will have saved Ksh20,000. If they are 100 of them, then they will save Kshs500,000. They should form a co-operative movement but if we allow the county government to behave like the national Government, then there will be no need for us to have voted for devolution in the first place. Those are the reasons I have and I am asking hon. Members to look at the reasons given, weigh them properly and you will find that they exceed minor amendments. You will find that they touch on the life of a farmer at home who is going to pay levies. If you look at the Act, they want to bring amendments which give power to the Ministry of Agriculture to impose restrictions on exports of agricultural produce. They have come with a list of the items they want to impose. It is fine, you can impose restrictions but you must also provide how that farmer is going to sell his products. You must provide a mechanism of how the farmer, if it is coffee or tea, is going to earn his money. So, when you look at the entire section, you will find that the amendments are major. They require more time for hon. Members to go through them before we pass them. I urge hon. Members to be very serious on this. Let us look at them and see whether they merit as such miscellaneous amendments. These are major amendments which are coming through the back door. So, I urge hon. members to reject all these so that proper Bills--- With those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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