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    "content": "Authority (NIA) the mandate to develop and give licences for these water sources to counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill mandates the Cabinet Secretary (CS), in consultation with the National Land Commission (NLC), the Board and county governments, by a notice in the Kenya Gazette to designate and offer licence for an area to be developed as a water resource for irrigation. This is a simple thing that our counties can do, but they still have to go for licences from the national Government. At the same time, this Bill also gives the Authority and the CS the right to acquire land, through this board, for irrigation purposes. This is a dangerous move. We are trying to bring back the colonial days where the Government used to move people from a particular area to pave way for a project. This Bill is unconstitutional and dis-empowers counties. I do not understand how a county government can allocate money to a project that is being designed, managed, monitored and evaluated by an Authority of the national Government. I urge the relevant Committee to relook at this Bill. If it is intended to address policies for irrigation, let it be a national irrigation Bill, which only addresses policies, because that is allowed in the Constitution. We should then come up with an irrigation Bill for counties, so that we do not create a conflicting mandate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of---"
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