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    "content": "time that the Tenth Parliament was dealing with this legislation on devolution, everybody in this country was in the campaign mode. Therefore, we may have passed some of the legislation, but with the benefit of hindsight, we realized that we should amend them. The fact that the President of the Republic of Kenya is opening that window, as Senators, we should take advantage and review all the legislation that was passed by the Tenth Parliament with regard to devolution to ensure that they are in sync and that they conform to the provisions of the Constitution. We want to have devolution in its entirety and entrench it for the betterment of Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to appreciate the President because the Jubilee manifesto mentioned the fact that they are going to raise the revenues allocated to the counties from 15 per cent to 40 per cent. I am calling on the Majority Leader to ensure that the President and the Deputy President and the Jubilee Government are able to remain true to this calling and allocate the counties 40 per cent of the Budget. I know the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) proposed 23 to 24 per cent. If the Jubilee Government mentioned 40 per cent within the next five years, then it is important within the first year to raise it to 25 per cent, in the second or third year to 30 per cent and, finally, to 40 per cent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to move to the second component of the Presidential Address which is very dear to the people of Nandi. That is the commitment to land reforms by the President and the Jubilee Government. The President mentioned that they will support the National Land Commission (NLC). I come from a county which has a lot of squatters. We have the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who were evicted from the Kipkurere Forest, Ng’atikong Forest and all the other forest lands where the Government decided to evict squatters. It is important that the NLC is given the necessary resources and support. We know that it took quite a while to gazette the Commissioners within the NLC. We hope that the President and the Jubilee Coalition Government will ensure that they support the NLC as stipulated in the President’s Address. It is, therefore, important for us in this Senate to ensure that we are able to push the Government into fulfilling this responsibility so that we have a NLC that can address the land issues in this country. Historical land injustices are prevalent in Nandi County. There is the Talai Community that was pushed out of their ancestral land. Right now, they are squatters in my county. It is important for the national Government to support the NLC so that it can undertake its constitutional responsibility of addressing the historical land injustices in various parts of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we are not able to address historical land injustices, then we, as a country, are sitting on a time bomb. All the ethnic violence that has been witnessed in this country since 1992 has been because of land issues. We now have the opportunity to address all those injustices. I hope when the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission is done with their report, it will be tabled here. We would like to interrogate it and see some of the things they highlighted so that we move forward as a country. I want to look at the third issue which is mainstreaming the participation of youth and women in leadership. While listening to the President today addressing himself to the fact that a lot of issues had been raised about the absence of a Ministry for the youth and women, he mentioned that the youth and the women are part and parcel; an integral part of all the 18 Ministries that we are going to have in this country. That is refreshing and I The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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