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"content": "THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION BILL (Senate Bill No.1 of 2025)"
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"content": "As I invite Hon. Sirma to move a Motion, I note that it is a quick one. It is just moving and seconding. I do not think there will be much debate on it. I want to advise the House that Order No.10 is stood down to tomorrow afternoon."
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"content": "I will invite Hon. Junet Mohamed and Hon. Owen Baya to say something on that so that you understand why I am stepping it down. I will give you two minutes each. After that, Hon. Musa Sirma will move his Motion. The County Governments Additional Allocations Bill is being stepped down on the understanding you had in the morning, and as leaders, you have a duty to inform the House. Hon. Junet Mohamed, you may start. You have two minutes. Give Hon. Junet the microphone."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As Members are aware, this has been a very contentious Bill. Yesterday, after the quorum was raised by none other than myself, the Speaker called for a meeting in his office with the leadership of Parliament. We discussed the matter at length with the Speaker. He then invited the Council of Governors to a meeting held this morning at 8.00 a.m., which was attended by all the leadership in Parliament including Hon. Baya, Hon. Millie, Hon. Osoro, other Members and the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Council of Governors was represented in that meeting by their Chairman and the Chairman of the Legal Committee, I believe Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. We discussed the matter at length and compromises were made on both sides. One of the issues we agreed on was the matter currently pending in court which is expected for judgement on 28th… We agreed in the meeting that the judgement should be arrested or pended. The Speaker advises me that in law it is referred to as ‘stay of judgement’ so that we can engage constructively on the matter of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF). Once that judgement is stayed, as a House, we can proceed to pass the Bill. The Bill does not contain provisions on the RMLF. It majorly contains donor-funded projects and related matters. Therefore, if a consent is filed in court by the two parties to stay the judgement, we can pass the Bill allowing donor funding to be disbursed to counties. That is what we agreed this morning, and that is what is being implemented. We hope that the matter will be resolved by the end of business today. Tomorrow, we can return to the business of the House and bring back the Bill on the Order Paper."
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"content": "My last point is that no one in the country, whether governors, other leaders, or even the citizenry, should ever think that this House is opposed to devolution. This House completely supports devolution. That is why every year we support the Division of Revenue 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": "Bill. We have supported every Bill that concerns counties whether it originated from this House or from the Senate. We support devolution completely because we know that its intention is to make the lives of our citizens better."
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"content": "The soul of this Constitution is devolution. There are counties that would never have received Ksh1 billion in their history if devolution had not happened. So, no one should give a notion that the National Assembly is against devolution. We support devolution and will ensure it thrives in our country. However, we want the Constitution to be respected holistically so that the National Assembly can do its work, the Senate can do its work, and the counties can do theirs. That way, we create a win-win situation for the country. You will recall that we used to have a tug of war with the Senate on issues of functions - debates over which House is upper, which is lower, which functions belong to this House, and which belong to the Senate. Luckily the Senators, on their own volition, went to court. They filed a case to nullify 23 statutes passed by this House. They went to the High Court where they lost. They proceeded to the Court of Appeal and again lost. They then went to the Supreme Court which in the end rendered a judgement three weeks ago and brought clarity on the functions of the Senate and the National Assembly. There is no more ambiguity. The issue of money Bills has been sorted. The Supreme Court, in its own ruling, declared that a money Bill is the domain of the National Assembly. It cannot originate from the Senate. They have said any Bill..."
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"content": "It cannot originate anywhere else."
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