A niece of the late Robert Ouko, she was interested in politics in 1992. She recalls how she realized where her fate was in 1990s, when she followed her family discussions on political developments in the country. She used to follow keenly political activists like Paul Muite and James Orengo since she had an interest in people’s rights and justice. She gained experience in developing a solid manifesto and campaign structure during the campaigns of her husband Eric Nyamunga, former Nyando MP. In her manifesto, she promised economic empowerment for the youth and women, adult education for women, mentorship for girls and sports opportunities in the county.
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(2) The simplification and standardization of trade information between the member counties, the promotion of competition of market efficiency in the movement of goods, development of resources and leveraging on economies of scale. The more we produce the less expensive our goods will be of much more benefit than if it was done individually and also we will also have stability, solidarity and security among counties. This is because we will see that we need each other and we produce for each other and whatever products that we produce is meant for a broader picture and not for a county. ...
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Clause 9 of the Bill proposes that a Regional Economic Bloc established pursuant to this Act shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and common seal. I do not need to talk on that because we know that companies live in perpetuity.
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The fourth part of the Bill concerns the general provision of the Bill. In this part are clauses on agreements with the national Government, private parties, cross-county agreements, public participation, inclusion of youth and marginalized people. Normally when we talk of “marginalized” we mean youth, women and people living with disability. That is well articulated in the Bill. Clause 10 of the Bill talks about the resource existing in a county vests in the national Government pursuant to Article 62(3) of the Constitution. The national Government shall enter into an agreement with the respective county governments for the sharing of ...
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Everybody is taken care of, the national Government, the county governments and the wards are taken care of so that everybody gets a share of a natural resource which has been developed by a particular county or counties.
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Clause 11 further makes provision for agreements with private parties for the exploitation of resources. Where a county cannot because of lack of enough resources the Bill allows for working together. They are allowed to work together to agree on the share of the input and also the output. So, that is also taken care of. It states that in such situation the county government shall ensure that at least 40 per cent of profits accruing from the exploitation of the resources shall revert to the county and benefit the local community.
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Provision for public participation is also guaranteed in the Bill to ensure that exploitation of county resources is geared towards the public benefit. As mentioned above, the Bill contains a general form of Regional Economic Bloc Agreement. This is in
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keeping with the main objective of the Bill which ensures the proper exploitation and utilization of County Resource Development. I am very glad that at least today this Bill has seen the Floor of this House. I would really want to ask my colleagues to support it because this is not a personal Bill. It is a Bill that will go a long way to benefit many Kenyans and our counties. Our counties will be more attractive even to workers because they will work and realize the fruits of their labour.
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With those few remarks, I beg to move and ask Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve to second the Bill.
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