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    "id": 1085503,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rabai, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Mwamkale",
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        "legal_name": "William Kamoti Mwamkale",
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    "content": "I am a Member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation and would like to tell Members that we are here today because the Council of Governors (CoG) went to court and stopped the Equalisation Fund. In as much as we might not be comfortable with most of the provisions appearing in these regulations, they were actually dictated by the judgment of the court which indicated this should happen for the Equalisation Fund to continue. We examined these regulations and found they were in line with Article 204 of the Constitution. They also complied with the Statutory Instruments Act and public participation which is a requirement and was overwhelming. I did public participation and members of the public supported these changes so that stalled projects which are an eye sore in our Republic can be revived. Indeed, the stalled projects are giving MPs a bad name. This is because not everybody can understand that an order of the court stopped these projects but mostly blame MPs. For example, in Rabai we have the Rabai Technical Institute which stalled when this judgment was delivered by the court. We have been going to offices in the Ministry of Education and the National Treasury and they could not move an inch because of these regulations. If we approve the Report, we will be approving the regulations being awaited by the National Treasury so they can release funds to complete these projects. Mine is to urge Members, if they really want to have a clout in the forthcoming battle, they need to approve this Report and regulations so that money can be released to finish these projects. Otherwise, if they are not finished, they might come back to finish us instead. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support and urge the House to support so that our people can benefit. Thank you."
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