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    "content": "We have heard that all the urban areas contribute 70 per cent to the Gross domestic product (GDP), with Nairobi alone contributing 60 per cent. What this means is that if Nairobi is working and we are able to properly implement the actions proposed in this Sessional Paper, then the rest of the country will grow. If Nairobi becomes a more efficient economy and a more attractive investment destination; if Nairobi is able to grow more businesses and people are able to live more comfortably and in harmony, then if indeed 60 per cent of the GDP is from Nairobi, then the GDP of Kenya in entirety grows. That also means that the sharable revenue that will be available to the rest of the counties also grows. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that I will tap on that goodwill because every Member who has spoken has decried the sorry state of things. I am glad because I have also listened to the Senate Minority Leader as well as the Senate Minority Whip when they said that, according to the law that we have today, indeed Nairobi is not the responsibility of the county government alone. I have heard people complaining when His Excellency the President takes special keen interest, in his term of office, on Nairobi City County. This he has shown by meeting with the Governor, his team and with the rest of us, as leadership in Nairobi County. If we just leave Nairobi to the county government alone, it will not progress. If we leave Nairobi to just the resources allocated through the sharable revenue as per the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, we will not be able to manage the city. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I have taken time to listen to all the Senators. I have gone through this entire document with a fine tooth comb and I am glad that it even has a very clear implementation matrix of the responsibilities, the priorities, the lead agencies and the timeframe. I want to assure the national Government that has proposed this Sessional Paper and all the stakeholders who participated in coming up with this Sessional Paper that I will be in the lead in oversighting the implementation of this policy paper that we intend to pass. I also want to assure the people of the city and the Senators, including the Senate Minority Leader because, I have heard many of them say that is the reason why I was elected. They have gone on and on, trying to bring in the politics of Jubilee and NASA. Unfortunately, if that is the kind of politics that you are used to playing in Bungoma, in this urban area called Nairobi, you have to be able to cut across political divides. I received votes from Jubilee and NASA and I am grateful. I will serve all my constituents until 2022 where I will have to wear my Jubilee uniform again as I campaign for hon. William Ruto to be president. But I am sure that I will still get votes from Jubilee and NASA. That is how we operate in Nairobi because it is a cosmopolitan city with people from all political parties and all communities in this country. In fact, foreign nationalities are in this county and they have acquired residency and citizenship in Nairobi and they are eligible to vote. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this document looks at different planks. Most of what I have heard Senators speaking about is manly on one plank; which is on environment, which is under urban planning and infrastructure. However, it starts with the core of how to manage a city and an urban area. That is urban governance, the process of decision making and implementation. Without getting that bit right, no matter the amount of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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