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    "id": 783715,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Minority in the Senate and my lawyer and friend, James Orengo, is now confirmed as the Leader of the Minority Party. This is a very important Bill. I do not know why people who are opposing it are not here. This Bill is doing one thing fundamentally. It wants to create an integrated, efficient, effective and sustainable public transport system within the Nairobi metropolitan area that will enable people to move from Murang’a to Machakos and from Kajiado to Kiambu. You have seen the chaos we have in this city. Even in Addis Ababa, Ethiopians are doing better than us. Today, there are shuttle trains in Addis Ababa and Cairo. All that we are asking is for the five counties which are around Nairobi to come together. It is not about whether Nairobi contributes 60 per cent to the national resources. All the money is appropriated by this House. We, therefore, want these counties to come together and have one formula of solving the transport system in the city and its environs because most of the people who come to the city, besides the five million who live in it, come from Machakos, Kiambu, Kajiado, Murang’a and even Makueni. We will even add Makueni because of Konza City. Members can bring an amendment to add Makueni County. I see the essence of Makueni County because of the viability of Konza City. Once this becomes a success, we will go to Mombasa and create another metropolitan which would include Mombasa, Kwale, and Kilifi. We will then move to the western part of the country and bring together Kisumu, Kakamega, Vihiga and others. This is a very good idea and it is not about taking powers. Governor Sonko has proved beyond reasonable doubt that he is better than former the Governor Kidero. Today, Governor Sonko raises over Kshs100 million in a day as revenue. He has surplus. Governor Sonko pays his staff between 21st and 23rd of every month. So, Sonko has supported this idea. If there was a problem in the city, it was during the reign of Governor Kidero of the NASA Coalition. It was CORD then, and then it became NASA. I do not know what it is now because it has become something. Some are claiming to be in the Government and others in opposition. My friend, the Member for Lugari, when outside there in the village in Western Kenya, claims to have the title of Leader of the Minority, but in the House, we have Hon. Mbadi."
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