National government shouldn't compete with counties - Raila
Azimio leader Raila Odinga now says that the National government should not compete with the county governments. Raila said the two levels of government are instead meant to complement one another. https://shorturl.at/hBQT7
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00:00 Allow me to commend the county government of Homabie for this initiative at a time of
00:07 great economic distress in the country and pressure from the people.
00:13 These initiatives need all the support of the national government and the international
00:19 development partners and I salute all those who came on board.
00:26 I believe the success of any one county takes the entire country forward.
00:34 I believe that as a country we are as strong as our counties.
00:40 And I want to give the government of Kenya Kwanzaa free advice.
00:46 That the national government does not need to compete with the county government.
00:51 The county government complements the national government and therefore the national government
00:56 needs to support the county government to deliver.
00:59 I appeal to the development partners to scale up their engagement with counties.
01:05 I make this appeal because I'm aware of the attitudes, actions and pronouncements by some
01:13 senior national government officials that are meant to dissuade or block development
01:19 partners from engaging with the counties.
01:23 I wish to assure visitors to this county that our counties are managed by some of the most
01:31 experienced politicians and technocrats in this country who have very clear ideas of
01:38 what needs to be done.
01:41 If only they could get the support.
01:43 Thank you.
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