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    "id": 933311,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen.Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " If you ask the Governor, he says he suspended everybody because they were colluding and were cartels taking people’s land. I have even seen the Governor fighting for some property in South C and somewhere in Ngong Road and returning some properties to people. There is a problem in Nairobi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe some people may have a problem with the governance but there must be a disruption in this city so that cartels can be removed. I am talking of that disruption because there are people in this city sitting and planning how to snatch people’s property. We saw reports of how an Indian who had not acquired Kenyan citizenship and they were planning to deport him and change his papers. Many Kenyans who are not of African descent have suffered the same fate in this Nairobi. There are some who are Kenyans of African descent and indigenous, born and brought up in this country, and they are also suffering because of this cartel thing. Why can we not give an opportunity to Governor Sonko to appear before this House and we deal with this cartel conversation once and for all? We need to deal with the issue of the county assembly. I do not think the way the county assembly is fighting is right and they are the ones to oversight. It is interesting to note in this House that the former Senate Majority Whip is the Speaker of Nairobi City County. The one who was her deputy is now the Governor of Nairobi City County. We must be able to help these people as former colleagues to find out why City Hall is facing its current problems. I like what Sen. Sakaja said; that we are not here to fight the Governor or the Speaker. We want to help them; they are our friends and colleagues. We want to sit down with them and tell them: “Where there is need for legal intervention; let us give it”. Where a national Government officer is interfering with the functions of Nairobi City County, we deal with it. This House is capable of doing it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to challenge the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations because I used to chair it last term that is a great opportunity for them to provide a solution to the question of intergovernmental relations that is affecting Nairobi. I want to congratulate the county for the things that they are doing and responding to people’s concerns directly, but the Governor cannot do that if he does not have a stable staff that is supporting him and stable departments that are working. We are here to support and to find solutions not to continue putting problems. I thank the Members of Parliament from Nairobi City County for their willingness to work together with the County Government to solve these problems. I want to encourage the Governor and the Speaker to convene a sitting because they have a responsibility and constitutional powers to run this Nairobi. They can even suo moto convene a sitting of all the leaders in Nairobi; all the Members of Parliament (MPs) The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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