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Abolish County Governments!!!!
MaichBlack
#1 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:19:50 AM
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We need to go for a referendum and get rid of county governments and the senate. And while at it, reduce the number of MPs to 150!!!

This county governments have done more harm than good!! And this are not teething problems! We will be spending most of our tax money on salaries and other recurrent [and useless] expenditures! They are demanding for money from the central government, hiking taxes/charges and doing a lot of nothing development wise. They have taken both corruption and tribalism to new heights!!! I say we get rid of this County governments NOW!!!

Think. Don't let emotions confuse you!!!
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simonkabz
#2 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:26:25 AM
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And lets have a well funded tightly controlled CDF kitty devoid of this bloated workforce n tax drama.
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McReggae
#3 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:27:02 AM
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Location: Nairobi
Reduce number of MPs I agree, abolish the Senate i agree, abolish the county garments I refuse!!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
tycho
#4 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:34:54 AM
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Location: Nairobi
Are the reasons offered here sufficient to do away with county governments? I don't think so.

And is there sufficient reason for devolution? I believe so!

How can a candid conversation begin with a prescription? I see this as an impossibility.

washiku
#5 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:37:15 AM
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I beg to differ. The only reason we are finding this governance dis-illusioning is because they are being run poorly. If these things can be run well, they could be the best avenue of getting the local people get a taste of development. If there are people I dont find necessary, its those MPs. They are too many. Then I dont think we need both Senate and NA. Na MCAs? Those can be combined.
2012
#6 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:39:45 AM
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Joined: 12/9/2009
Posts: 6,592
Location: Nairobi
I totally agree. These system looked better on paper but who thought it would be a system for growing bloated egos at the cost of the common mwananchi. The CDF system with the little money looks to have achieved more in developing the locations than this animal called county

BBI will solve it
:)
Rankaz13
#7 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:39:59 AM
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I have argued before and I repeat again: Kenya is over-represented. This country needs perhaps a maximum of no more than 150 constituencies, anchored in law so that we do away with the nonsense of redrawing boundaries and splitting constituencies every 10yrs. The law needs to establish the max no. of constituencies as well as the population of each. That way, the no. of constituencies per region/county/province would be dictated by population census figures as conducted every decade while the total no. of ~150 countrywide remains unchanged.

As far as counties are concerned, I'm afraid abolishing them would prove too unpopular at this time. The top guys will most likely hope that they unravel on their own. I would personally wish they didn't exist but I'd be willing to go for a compromise of about 15-18 counties max. Let no one fool you, counties as they exist now are nothing but tribal conclaves.

By the way, how is a country like China, with a billion plus citizens, administered? India?
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Pedes
#8 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:44:11 AM
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If we abolish the Senate and county governments, we should be ready for the high octane politicking and position jostling for the legislature and the presidency that will come with it, and, it will be very draining.
If you stay ready, no need to get ready.
2012
#9 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:49:23 AM
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Location: Nairobi
Rankaz13 wrote:
Kenya is over-represented.


You've more than hit the nail on the head. That's it!

BBI will solve it
:)
Pedes
#10 Posted : Monday, January 20, 2014 9:49:36 AM
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If we abolish the Senate and county governments, we should be ready for the high octane politicking and position jostling for the legislature and the presidency that will come with it, and, it will be very draining.
If you stay ready, no need to get ready.
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