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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Otiende Amollo, for finally agreeing with the Speaker that power lies here and not elsewhere. Let us have Hon. Adan Keynan."
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, allow me to join this debate, which has two aspects. I am glad that, today, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party have agreed on one thing; that this House has been reduced to a House of lamentations. Once upon a time, this august House was an appendage of the Executive. We freed ourselves and you know how it used to be. Unfortunately, we are going back to where we used to be. I am told the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure is here. It is shocking that a Managing Director (MD) of a national Government agency, without any due regard or consultation, simply by a circular, negates everything that this House has passed. The implication is that we are no longer the august House that we used to be. Why should the MD of the KeRRA sit down and negate what we have passed here yet we have a Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure? Why should the Director- General for KURA sit down and negate a legislation that has gone through all the stages yet we have a Committee here? The only inference you can make is that this is no longer the august House. I agree with what both the Leaders of the Majority Party and Minority Party have said. Under the current Constitution, and for those of us who have been part of this, we had certain considerations. You know how we included devolution and the Equalisation Fund in the current Constitution. The NG-CDF is now floating in the air. The governors have gone to court to make sure that the Equalisation does not work. It is no longer functioning. The governors have gone to court to ensure the NG-CDF and the RMLF are not working. They are now saying that Members of Parliament do not have a role in the governance of the Republic of Kenya. Is that where you want to be? 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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"content": "No!"
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"content": " Unfortunately, that is where we are. Some of them are going public to say that Members of Parliament have no role in county affairs. I urge my colleagues that there comes a time when people must be ready to make hard decisions. We need to do both summative and formative evaluation of all the resources we have devolved since the promulgation of the current Constitution, so that we allow Kenyans to see the value of the billions and trillions we have devolved, as the true representatives of the people. Otherwise, we will sit here, lament and go to court. I am glad with what Hon. Otiende Amollo has said, but that is the court. What are we doing in the House? The Budget-making process, oversight, legislative power rest in our hands, and we are not using them. What are we saying? The Council of Governors has slowly taken over. Over time, they have blackmailed the Members of the National Assembly, the Senators, and the Executive. Everybody is being blackmailed under our watch. What are we going to do? We need to critically dissect the current Constitution and address all the gray areas that ought to have added value to the well-being of the people we represent. If we do both summative and formative evaluations, we will realise where the billions have gone. I had the privilege of representing two constituencies, and I am ready to take all of you for a benchmarking visit to Wajir West and Eldas Constituencies to see what the national Government and the county government have done over the last ten years. You will be in a position to compare and appreciate that our constituencies still survive on budgetary support from the national Government yet, billions are devolved. As I conclude, I want to tell the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure that, if you are here, we cannot be under the threat of a mere MD of KeRRA. He has issued many circulars. In fact, some of these MDs, because we have failed to bite and act, are taking advantage. I want the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party to hear me out. I want all the Members to hear that in the history of NG-CDF, from July, August, September, October, November, December, January and February, all our proposals are yet to be approved. What are these other funds you are looking for? Where are your NG-CDF proposals? You have been duped into asking to facilitate the bursary allocations. Where is the money? Even the basics are not there! I have been running after the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the management of the NG-CDF Board. Where are the approvals for the fund managers to actualise? The approvals have not even been done. Whose mistake is it? It is our mistake. That approval ought to have been in place by December so that we could roll out the project."
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"content": "Wind up, Hon. Adan Keynan."
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"content": " So, we are all just sitting. Let us stop complaining. Let us not reduce ourselves to a House of lamentation. Can we act and bite constitutionally? Thank you."
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"content": "Hon. George Kariuki."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to this debate. I want to remind Members that the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) Act has neither been amended nor suspended. We have an Act that stipulates how our RMLF funds should be shared, and as long as that Act stands, we will not allow anybody to take away any coin or cent from our allocation of 22 per cent and 10 per cent. The Committee that I lead has taken a position on this matter. We met the Cabinet Secretary yesterday and raised this issue. He assured the Committee that he will support the position that exists. This position is in the law; the KRB Act. I want to assure Members that we will not cede any ground as far as these resources are concerned. We know what happens when governors are allowed to implement these resources; we are unable to see anything they do for our people. This money was set aside to avail to the 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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"content": "people of Kenya what we call ‘the common good’. We will stand with the people of Kenya and continue to serve them effectively by holding onto these resources."
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Speaker."
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