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    "id": 781762,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "We agreed as a Committee. We have proposed an amendment and I will table it during the Committee of the whole House. We decided to let the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development to continue chairing the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, but the vice-chair should be one of the governors of the five counties on a rotational basis for one year. If the Governor for Kiambu is the vice-chair this year, then the following year, it will be another governor. The governors also raised the issue of consultation. They stated that they want to be consulted at every level of implementation by the Authority. We also declined to include that in the Bill. If the governors feel that they need to be consulted by the Authority, then who is in the Authority? The membership of the Authority is made up of all CECs in charge of transport in the five counties. The Authority is made up of all the CECs in charge of roads from all the five counties. They are joined by the Principal Secretaries in charge of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development and the National Treasury. When the governors who make up the Council say that they want to be consulted… We declined to put that in the Bill because who would you be consulting if it is your CEC who sits on the Authority and runs the show? That is why it was good for hon. Members to listen and see that the Authority is not in conflict with the counties because it is run by members of the county. It is not made up of people from outside. That is why their views are on record in our report. I have given you a list of the people who eventually appeared before the Committee. The people who appeared before the Committee are from every county. Public participation was well-done. Honourable Members who have issues are also encouraged to present them before the Committee during the public participation period, which is set aside for members of the public. This Committee is yours. I am the Chairman of the Committee, but I am there due to the blessing of the House and the Members. It is their Committee. They should have come. The Members of Parliament from Kiambu should have appeared before the Committee and contributed. This is their Committee. However, because of the laws, we will listen to them. We also listened to the Ministry. The Ministry gave us the legal basis of coming up with the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. In Annexure 2, we have attached all the documentation. It was done properly within the law as outlined in Article 189 (2) of the Constitution. There was also one person, who is a good friend of ours, who came to the Committee and made a presentation. We listened to his memorandum. He suggested that the CS for Lands and Physical Planning should have been part of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. We declined his suggestion because we felt that the CS for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development is in charge of urban planning. You will find all those urban planners at the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). That is how we considered this Bill. More importantly, this Bill - apart from giving instructions of how to run transport within the metropolitan area - creates two institutions which are very important for Members and the people of Kenya to understand. It creates a Council which calls the shots and is the most important institution. This Council has been provided for under Clause 8. It is good for me to tell the House and Kenyans that this Council is made up of five governors. People should know that the national Government and the National Assembly are not taking power away from the counties. They are not. I will quickly read Clause 8 for the House and Kenyans so that there is no confusion that the national Government is taking power from counties. Clause 8 (2) states: The Council shall consist of- (a) the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Transport; (b) the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the National Treasury; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}