3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
money for road construction. However, an exploiter in the name of exploiting resources had decided the poor person is ignorant and is unaware of the expensive murram on his land. The exploiter then pays the poor person just Kshs500 per lorry. Such people should be brought to book. It is painful and unfair to exploit poor people because they are ignorant and unaware of their rights. There is need to ensure restoration of the environment after exploitation just like the Bill states. According to this Bill, the authority will also endeavour to build capacity of the local communities. It is ...
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
money for road construction. However, an exploiter in the name of exploiting resources had decided the poor person is ignorant and is unaware of the expensive murram on his land. The exploiter then pays the poor person just Kshs500 per lorry. Such people should be brought to book. It is painful and unfair to exploit poor people because they are ignorant and unaware of their rights. There is need to ensure restoration of the environment after exploitation just like the Bill states. According to this Bill, the authority will also endeavour to build capacity of the local communities. It is ...
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support this Bill by Sen. Were. It is actually late. It ought to have come when power was
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
devolved and the 47 counties were established. The Fourth Schedule of our Constitution is clear that county governments have functions. In Part II of the Fourth Schedule, the county government has 14 specific functions. For instance, functions of agriculture, farmers, fisheries, health services and promotion of healthcare services. When you talk about cultural activities, libraries, sports, transport and bodaboda issues, all these are devolved. The Constitution clearly mandated county governments to ensure they play these functions.
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Article 185 of the Constitution connotes that county Assemblies can come up with laws to help them manage these functions. It is unfortunate that county governments are not allowed to come up with and gazette laws that can help them in governance. County governments are like a toothless bulldog. When this Bill by Sen. Were becomes law, it will empower them in the way they will legislate. They will come up with laws that will help them perform their constitutional function well.
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are devolved. We have 47 counties which cannot function without laws. The laws that help in ensuring things are properly done in counties and that whatever is said is legislated and also becomes law. There is need for this Bill to see the end of the tunnel so that county governments can eventually have the authority to come up with laws to help them perform their duties.
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
A gazette notice can give authority to whatever is discussed. It can even ensure what is said about counties is authentic and can even be used in legal proceedings and even the future. It can be quoted that this county assembly came up with a law to help farmers and it should be followed to the letter.
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
It is important for county government to come up with their own publications in order to serve that mwananchi effectively. When something becomes law, everybody is mandated to follow it. We have heard farmers and bodaboda riders lament that they are not getting services. As the Senate, it is our mandate to ensure this Bill become law so that eventually county assemblies can come up with and gazette the Bills, which can then be followed to the letter.
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