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    "id": 1081495,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu",
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    "content": "country. I sit there as the Vice Chairperson, and as I reply, this is not what we should be doing as Kenyans. These people should not be promoted. They must ensure that Kenyans understand why they cannot even have documentation. As I reply, I want to thank the Members who spoke about the procurement process. Indeed, as my Chairperson moved, we had issues of procurement. Seriously, State departments cannot follow the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act and regulations! I want to challenge the Hon. Members. Hon. Kanini Kega has been here passing the Appropriation Bill in order to collect and spend funds of this country. As a postmortem committee we came up with the Report. Of course, there are those few departments that we have been able to congratulate. Some have been giving reports of the Auditor- General and they have no adverse reports against them, just a few recommendations. We call them accounting advice which we can allow for them to improve. Therefore, as I reply, I want to thank the Members who contributed to this. I want to thank our Chairman and Members of the National Assembly. You have really spoken to this. In the last few weeks, we have been passing Bills and Motions on revenue collection and revenue budgeting. This House should wake up and look at how the money we have allocated to State departments is being spent. Our articles of the Constitution allow us to summon any officer, and it does not matter how long, to come and respond to questions. We cannot make laws which we will not sustain or look into. That is why the Public Accounts Committee, Public Investments Committee and NG- CDF are oversight Committees and very powerful. Members should know if you give birth you look after your child, examine how the child performs and deliver all the needs that the child will require."
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