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    "content": "as effective as is required, there has to be sufficient collaboration and cooperation between the two levels of government as required by our Constitution. It is with that in mind that this Bill creates the Boards as clearly elaborated here by the Senate Majority Leader, to facilitate for those occasions when a national agency may be carrying out works in a county that would require the input at the county level. That is the level at which cooperation will become very important. On the question of how these funds will be administered, there was a request by the three agencies; the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) for an increment to the percentages that they normally receive. It was the consideration of our Committee that the percentages that they have been receiving, though not adequate, can still be administered and used in a useful productive way. It was, therefore, agreed that we retain this percentages as they are for the time being, until such a time when these agencies have been established under their new mandate and that can come under review during the next Intergovernmental Budget Executive Council (IBEC) meeting. Lastly, the Senate Majority Leader also raised the issue of the qualifications of the Chairman of the Kenya Roads Board. There was a proposal from the National Assembly to amend the requirements so as to open it a little wider to accommodate other skills. However, upon consideration by this Committee, it became apparent that the intended widening of the gap was actually becoming more restrictive than being more accommodative. We decided, as a Committee, that just like in every other profession and just like it was in the previous Bill, it is important to retain the qualifications in the realm of the professionals in the building and construction of roads industry, which is largely made up of engineers and architects. Therefore, that amendment was not upheld by our Committee because we thought that it was going to be unnecessarily restrictive and we proposed that we retain the qualifications as they were in the earlier Bill. Having said that, I want to thank the Members of the Committee, members of the public, KENHA, KURA, KERRA and all the other agencies that made their presentations including the Council of Governors and the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development. I second this Bill."
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