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    "id": 986953,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2840,
        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I oppose the amendment by the Senate. Let us interrogate the matter wholesomely. It is a fact that the Constitution provides an avenue for the transfer of functions from one level of government to the other. That was done constitutionally. So, it is a fact that certain functions for Nairobi County Government were transferred to the national Government. The logical thing is that resources must follow functions. For example, we have the functions of legislation and oversight. If the resources for those functions were to be domiciled in the Executive, how would we operate? In the case of Nairobi County, the functions were transferred to the National Government in broad daylight. Some of us watched the function on TV. The transfer took place in the presence of attorneys. Nobody was coerced. Hon. Speaker, my understanding is that when they talked about county revenues, they did so symbolically that monies belonging to the county can be given to the National Government for operations of the functions that have been transferred. Even if you look at this Division of Revenue Bill, it has conditional grants from the national Government. Even though those grants are provided for in the Division of Revenue Bill, they are monies that are going to specific functions in the counties. Therefore, let us not split hairs. The Governor agreed on his own terms to transfer certain functions to the national Government. He said he did not have the required manpower and capacity to carry out those functions. He is on record. Hon. Speaker, you cannot have your cake and eat it. If you agreed willingly to transfer your functions, you cannot, again, say you want to have the money for those functions so that you can do the work. You must decide either way – you remain with the functions and keep the money or you transfer the functions as well as the money. We are not going to play police here. I totally disagree with the Senate. This is the normal shenanigans with the Senate. They keep on saying that they are protecting the counties and yet our counties are not functioning. The Senate has been in existence for the last seven years. There is no single couty governor who has been indicted for misuse of funds and yet the Public Investments Committee (PIC) sits almost daily. You see them on TV grilling governors and that is it. So, the protection of devolution does not mean that you close your eyes to what is happening in the county. We also come from counties. There are lots of problems in the counties. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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