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    "id": 781763,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "(c) the Governor of Nairobi City county; (d) the Governor of Kiambu County; (e) the Governor of Machakos County; (f) the Governor of Kajiado County; (g) the Governor of Murang’a County; It will also consist of the chairperson of the Authority because the Council is at the higher level and then it populates the Authority. The Authority is the one that engages in the running of the day-to-day activities of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. The Council is made up of county personnel. There are only two people from the national Government and it is important for them to be there because you need resources to get things done in the counties. The Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority is a very important institution for the House and Kenyans to understand. People have the right to run to court but they should not say that the Authority is taking away the power of the counties since transport is a function of the county. In the Fourth Schedule, transport is also a function of national Government. You can almost say it is a shared function. How do you run a shared function? Article 199(2) provides guidance in terms of running a shared function. The Article shows that both levels of government are allowed to co-operate. They can also co-operate and form institutions. That is why the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority was formed. How is it undermining the counties? It does not undermine the counties. In fact, it enriches them. What does the Council do? The Council establishes the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. I will state those who make up the Authority for the benefit of Kenyans so that they do not think that the national Government is micro-managing counties. It is not micro- managing the counties. Clause 10 shows you the members of the Authority which engages in the day-to-day activities or running of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. Who are those? (a) The Chairperson of the Board who will be appointed by the President; (b) The Principal Secretary responsible for Transport; (c) The Principal Secretary responsible for Roads; (d) The Principal Secretary responsible for the National Treasury; (e) The County Executive Committee Member responsible for transport in each of the five counties making up the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. If you take those three principal secretaries and five CECs, you will see the balance is in the counties. This Authority is actually theirs. They only require facilitation from the national Government. I will tell Kenyans that there is no way we can run away from the national Government. The national Government is ours. We are not a federal system. We are a unitary system. We require the mother and that is why the national Treasury is there to help. The Authority is made up of county personnel. Those are the people populating the Authority which will run the day-to-day activities of the Board in terms of how transport will be managed at that level. It is so clear that it is within the law and is county-based. The Council is made up of five governors and two CSs. The balance is tilted to the counties. It is a good idea and it will be upon honourable Members to discuss and debate it. Everything was done within the law. Our Committee listened to everybody. We are also ready to listen. I want to help honourable Members. Nothing is lost. This Bill is still being debated. If there are amendments, they are welcome at the Committee of the whole House Stage. Hon. Njomo is a good friend of mine and I trust and respect him because there are some historic things we did together. I will say them during kamukunji and not here. 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."
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