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    "id": 1014356,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. The Committee on Implementation is a very important Committee as far as this House is concerned. First, I want to thank the Chairperson and the Committee Members. At least we have seen some light in this Committee on Implementation. Parliament cannot legislate in vain. There are some Bills that were passed in the last Parliament - and I am happy the Leader of Majority is here. In the last Parliament, we sponsored a Bill and it is now an Act on the fertiliser board. We know the importance of fertiliser in this country and up to now, we have no fertiliser board in place. I am saying this so that they take note of it. It is supposed to come under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries. We know very well this is an agricultural country and agriculture can only move when there is availability of fertiliser. Moreover, this is a big problem to our farmers. Why is it that despite this Bill being assented to by His Excellency the President around 2014, 2015, we do not have a fertiliser board? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also a Motion that we passed here under the Heroes Act. There is a Motion that was passed in the Senate that with devolution, we should have a public university in every county. In line with that Motion that was passed in the Senate and in line with the Heroes Act, I brought a Motion on the Floor of this House to upgrade Kitale Technical College to become a university and to be renamed Wamalwa Kijana University of Science and Technology. This issue was passed. The Cabinet Secretary came to the Committee and the Kitale Technical College was upgraded because of that Motion to become a national polytechnic. In addition, it was in the final end of becoming a university, but we said as we wait for the upgrading to become a university, it should be renamed to Wamalwa Kijana University of Science and Technology. Up to now, it has not been renamed and it has not been upgraded. However, we thank the Ministry because it was upgraded from a technical college to a national polytechnic. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is so much that is going on. Look at the issue of COVID-19 funds. There are a lot of issues that were put across by His Excellency the President to cushion Kenyans. We expected the Committee on Implementation to bring a report and tell us about the issue of COVID-19 especially the funds that have been misappropriated at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority. This is a very serious matter. We expect this Committee to prioritise its work. We need these urgent reports particularly on the COVID-19 issue because a lot of money has been misappropriated. The Chief Executive Officer has been suspended. We need you to summon the board to understand the implementation status and impact. This Committee is very powerful. We want it to be facilitated by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) as it is stipulated under Article 127. Parliament is here legislating. However, we cannot be a laughing stock. We want whatever is passed on the Floor of this House to be implemented. It can only be done if this Committee on Implementation is empowered. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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