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    "id": 1067961,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Kassim",
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        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
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    "content": "Before the handshake, you can remember there was tremendous violence in this country. The economy was coming to its knees. The growth we had done in earlier years was negated through demonstrations. To some extent, there was ultra vires swearing in of another counterpart in Uhuru Park. Today, those men have agreed to sit down together and see how we can support inclusivity in the country. There is an expanded Executive, and about 108 Members from pastoral communities, which is sizeable. But in the current Constitution, we cannot see ourselves being the presidents of this country or deputy president. This Constitution provides us as pastoralists to see a reflection of ourselves in the expanded Executive. You can see we can be the prime minister of this country through the Leader of the Majority in the House. We can become the deputy prime minister of this country and get any position we think about in this expanded Executive and we need to see ourselves in it. Today, we have a country whose Executive has always been taken by two communities, one from the Rift Valley and another from Central Province. When will the rest of Kenya see themselves in the Executive? It is only through the BBI that we can see ourselves in it. In as far as all these things are concerned in terms of the budget making for those of us who worked in the Government, the budget making process before 2010 was being done by the Executive at the National Treasury. Today, Members of Parliament participate through their respective committees of the House, give priority and have their input in the budget making process. The budget process can still be put to public participation and the general public can see their future in the budget making process, their involvement and what they need to get. Through the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and the improvement through the BBI, we can see meaningful development in our respective counties. Furthermore, there were certain issues that have spoiled the constitution making process. The arrogant and rogue county administrators and governors have spoiled the good image of devolution. I want to advice that various commissions should take their Executive role so that they can discipline various governors who are misusing public funds. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) should play its mandate and interrogate the misuse of public funds through their organisation and bring anybody who uses corruption to amass money for their own interest to book. These should not be attributed to the BBI. Further to this, we have seen the strength of the Judiciary. They were able to solve the disputed elections and annul the elections of 2017. This was only done through the independence of the Judiciary. I do not see anywhere there is negation of the judicial system of this country through the BBI, other than the gains we have seen. Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I support."
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