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    "id": 978669,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. What happened yesterday was a total violation of Articles 187 and 10(2) of the Constitution of Kenya. Article 187 provides for governments to enter into an agreement. For me, Gov. Sonko alone did not constitute a government; he should have involved the county assembly. He should have probably even gotten a resolution by the county assembly, because Article 187 talks of ‘government.’ When we look at how we describe the government in this Constitution, a county government is both the governor, representing the executive, and the county assembly. Therefore, without all these people, Gov. Sonko alone could not execute on behalf of the county government. He should have had a resolution or involved the county assembly as well. It, therefore, fell short of the description of what a county government is. To me, that signature should just be ignored as a personal signature, because it does not represent the county government, as envisaged by the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 10 of the Constitution talks about public participation. Kenyans wanted to have a say in the way they are governed. Therefore, you cannot execute an agreement and, within a few hours of the agreement, do a KenyaGazette notice transferring functions without involving the people of Nairobi City County. In fact, maybe they just saw it through the 411 news phone alerts, as we saw it as a Senate. You cannot, therefore, do it the other way round. You cannot make decisions and then go for public participation. To me, they should have started with public participation, and then a decision is reached; and the 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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