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    "content": "of control, where we know for a fact that those avenues can be susceptible to manipulation and abuse. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would not want to doubt the intentions of our good colleague in the CORD Coalition, hon. Chris Wamalwa, but in returning this Bill to the National Assembly, we would want to tell them that they must always be guided by the Constitution and new functions as devolved. There can be no room in Parliament or legislative functions to create authorities, agencies, boards or institutions that simply do the reverse, that is, take away part of the functions that have been allocated to counties. Let the county governments, through their assemblies, pass legislation and explore how they want to develop fertiliser factories in their counties. Let counties compete and the market be liberalised. Let every man or woman be given a fair avenue for competition rather than have a handful of people control the entire arena of fertiliser at that level. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to conclude by saying that through devolution, we have created so many tiers of governance that are becoming so burdensome to the Kenyan people. Already, we have 418 legislators and county assemblies at the various levels which are burdening the counties. Therefore, we do not need to be constantly creating more and more agencies, boards and authorities. In fact, we need to look for ways to disband some of these organizations, so that we liberalize the field. Let counties and Kenyans compete with fair trading practices. Let the private sector take charge of the fertiliser industry, because there is a big demand for fertiliser in this country. This country and the counties should create incentives for people to invest in matters fertiliser. Madam Temporary Speaker, I take great exception with this Senate to approve or concur with any idea or Bill that tends to retain centralist policies and tendencies of how to manage the Government or certain sectors that have already been devolved. I beg to oppose this Bill."
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