Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 499699,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/499699/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 247,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "But even more important is Article 66 (2) - and that is why it is important to read the Constitution as a whole and not one sentence – says:- “Parliament shall enact legislation ensuring that investments in property benefit local communities and their economies.” Investment in property – whether private or public – is about natural resources and property. The Constitution says that whenever there are certain investments on land and natural resources, there must be some way of ascertaining how local communities and their economies benefit. So, we are going to have investors setting up mines in counties. In the agreements, there must be a way which will deliberately show how local communities benefit. It will be very farfetched to imagine that the national Government represents local communities in a devolved system of government. It is inconceivable and not possible. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Water Bill is being read in the National Assembly. I have already read sections that show some of the functions relate to counties. I know already that a determination again has been made unilaterally; that the Water Bill also does not concern counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this has to come to an end. It must stop and nobody will stop it unless we do. Those who are trying to test the metal of the Senate in terms of understanding the law and the politics of Kenya are misguided. They are going to be shocked tremendously. In this Senate, we have great lawyers including the former Attorney-General, Sen. Wako, who worked in that position for 20 years. Both sides of the divide have qualified lawyers, people who have immeasurable success. The fact that we have not been boasting in town does not mean that when push comes to shove, we will not unleash what we must for the sake of our people because power is not exercised just for the sake of power but for the sake of our people. We are actually about to bury one article of the Constitution if we are not careful. If we proceed like that, Article 110(3) will be buried in the life of this Senate. I would hate to be the Majority Leader who supervised the burial of any part of this Constitution. I would hate it a lot. We want to find out who is about to kill Article 110, as Prof. Oscar Schacher, once upon a time, when he realized there is a provision in the United Nations Charter Article 24 on the limitations of the use of force which has been flouted from time immemorial; from 1945 to date, on the use of force by one country in another country without the approval of the Security Council. So, he wrote an article “Who killed Article 24”. In that article, clause by clause, point by point and blow by blow, he was able to demonstrate the culprit and the murderer. Therefore, even for us as we examine the attempted murder of Article 110(3), we must, clause by clause, blow by blow establish the murderer and punish him or at least warn the attempted murderer. That murderer could be a person, an institution or a network or entities or agencies who do not believe in devolution. Whoever they are, wherever they are, they should take notice from this House; that it is not going to be business as usual going forward. 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."
}