16 Nov 2021 in Senate:
I thank all the Members who have made their contributions. I want to assure them that as we process this, we shall make further amendments. Pursuant to Standing Order 61 (3), I request that the putting of the question be deferred to a later date.
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, did you hear Sen. Omogeni refer to a professor of law as not being attentive? I know for you to become a professor, then a Senator for two terms, lead this House and be the Deputy Speaker of this House, your level of attention can never be doubted. Is it in order for the Senator of Nyamira to imply that my good friend, Professor, is not attentive now and has never been attentive? How then did he get his Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) and professorship? I know that he did not go to school with Hon. ...
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House now considers the Intergovernmental Relations (Amendment) Bill, (Senate Bills No.37 of 2021).
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
I thank the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations who sat in that Committee before I did because that is when the thinking around this amendment Bill started.
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
This House in February, 2020 was notified in the media that the Nairobi City County Government had signed--
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Article 187 of the Constitution provides guidelines on how functions that have been assigned to county governments can be transferred to the national Government. It also provides guidelines on how functions assigned to the national Government can be---
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
The thinking behind this amendment Bill was conceived when the Senator of Laikipia was Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations.
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
It was the good Senator for Laikipia who did all the necessary conception and the Senator of Homa Bay did all the necessary action for delivery. It is a fairly straightforward matter. I am glad that the Senator for Nairobi City County and future Governor is here because some of the issues that prompted this amendment originated from Nairobi City County. The Intergovernmental Relations Act gives further effect to Article 187 of the Constitution and provides some procedures for transfer of functions. However, the Act says that the county assembly and Parliament shall be notified of a decision to transfer. ...
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4 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sakaja has brought a very interesting dimension. Will I be in order to then say that 20th May, 2020 also marked the death of the party that they had formed someday back on 20th of May? I think when the good professor left that Chair, then the rain started beating the Jubilee Party.
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