Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1018100,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1018100/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 292,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kathuri Murungi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2802,
        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
        "slug": "kathuri-murungi"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I really want to thank Members of this House who have given wonderful suggestions on the way this Fund should be run. To be honest, my Committee has benefitted from the contributions of the Members. In future, we will give more input into the suggestions that have been put across. I want to thank the Office of the Speaker for giving us permission to work even during the COVID- 19 Pandemic. He has even allowed us to travel to Mombasa in the next one week to tackle the Coast region constituencies which are almost 25. I can see many Members are not comfortable with standardisation. What we meant with this is that if it is Mandera, for example, we want the buildings there to be standardised, especially in design, so that you can have quality. When we go to Kakamega, there should be designs for that region. Standardisation is not meant to make sure that you spend Ksh600,000 per classroom. No, it is to improve quality and designs. Members have expressed their intent to increase the Fund to 10 per cent. Actually that is the way we should go. The BBI process should compare what is working for Kenya. If the engine is working, why should you fix it? Why should you waste a lot of time trying to fix things and yet this Fund is working for us? As you put it well, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let us have a comparative study to look at what devolution has achieved since 2010 and what the NG-CDF has achieved and then we can see the best model to use for this country. As Hon. Ochieng’ said, let us also conduct a social impact assessment on this Fund. Let us hear Kenyans. Let us see people moving across the country to conduct a social impact assessment. That report should be tabled and 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."
}