Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I think what the Senate has told us is that the counties are not providing services to the people. Clearly Article 174(e) of the Constitution says: view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “The objects of the devolution of government are – view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (e) To protect and promote the interests and rights of minorities and marginalised communities.” view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: That is the intent of devolution. The question that we must ask in this House is: “Is this what is happening in our counties?” view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Article 174(b) of the Constitution says: view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “To foster national unity by recognising diversity.” view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: What we are seeing continuously since the establishment of the counties is actually balkanisation and more marginalisation of communities and also of the country where different counties actually represent different communal entities. That in itself is actually not making this country unified. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Article 175(a) of the Constitution which talks about principles of devolved government says: view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “county governments shall be based on democratic principles and the separation of powers.” view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I think in the spirit of this Bill what actually the Senate is telling us is that this is really not happening. We are also seeing that the counties are levying and taxing burials, chicken and all kinds of things to raise taxes but under part (b) of this same Article we are told that: “county governments shall have reliable sources of revenue to enable them to govern and deliver services effectively.” view