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    "id": 978704,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while accepting the transfer the way it was done because, as I said, it was inevitable, I also fear transferring functions from a county to the national Government. The Constitution foresees the transfer from the national Government to county governments, but this is upward. I hope that the circumstance in Nairobi City County will not be precedent setting because it is dangerous. We will witness the clawing back of devolution. Devolution must be respected, but where there is a problem, it must be provided for in the law. If the Governor of Nairobi City County was allowed to convene a special sitting with the county assembly and a resolution was passed, that would have been a neater way of doing it. Going forward, we need to respect the law. As the Senate, we should not be going back because we are also fading away. Our mandate is found in Article 192. We should have tried to see whether it was necessary to suspend Nairobi City County Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the situation was bad in Nairobi as I mentioned. The Governor had been barred from accessing his office. There was also no deputy governor and the executive. That should have been initiated. Going forward, I urge the Senate to stand to be counted and leave some history. Devolution is at risk because of rogue governors and the national Government, which also wants to claw back the gains made. Therefore, we need to be careful. The case of Nairobi City County should be a lesson for us to see what needs to be done."
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