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    "id": 986956,
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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I oppose this Bill. Under Article 95 of the Constitution, the National Assembly exist to resolve issues that affect the people. As an interested person coming from Nairobi City, the Senate has presented to us a dilemma in which we either agree with them or if we do not, we are considered to have been the ones who have created the problem. This problem did not emanate from the National Assembly. There are more issues than this one. My position has always been very clear with regard to Article 141 of the Constitution. Passing over this problem to the Executive only for it to be referred to us by the President is abdication of our responsibility, as a House. Secondly, there are more issues relating to this matter. I agree with the Members who have contributed to the matter of public participation having been done after the pact. Looking at Article 187 of the Constitution, as read together with the Inter-Governmental Relations Act, there arises the question of who the county government is, as an entity executing the functions transfer deed viz-a-viz the National Executive. The county Governor, who is Mike Mbuvi Sonko, cannot purport to have been the person constituting the Nairobi County Government, which is clearly defined in the Constitution under Article 260, to the total exclusion of the Speaker, the County Assembly and all the other entities. The Governor of Nairobi County created this problem. He cannot now hold back the monies meant for the transferred functions. This Assembly must do only one thing – disagree with the Senate and let the other part take its natural cause. I disagree, Hon. Speaker."
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