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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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    "content": "Over the last eight months, the KNBS has not published or submitted to this House any…Secondly, I do not see the urgency of that Motion. Hon. Nassir’s party leader was yesterday part of the meeting with the President and part of the national dialogue that considered the measures put in place. We must have a leadership that speaks with one voice. Hon. Raila Odinga agreed on the containment measures with my President and party leader. Thirdly, as he said, this House plays a critical role in making sure that matters of national importance are discussed. This House has passed the Budget for the 2021/2022 Financial Year and allocated serious funding of Ksh34 billion to vaccination and over Ksh12 billion to cushion various sectors of our economy. It is incumbent upon the various committees of this House, whether it is the Departmental Committee on Health or the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, to follow through on what we passed. We have ruled on this a number of times, even in the 10th Parliament, that a Motion urging or resolving on a matter is of lower substantive effect than a Bill. The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Bill is here and carries more weight. During the recess, I hope that Hon. Abdullswamad and many of us sitting here engage in their various committees under your leadership. We did our bit during the budget-making process. The money is with the National Treasury. We do not want to receive the 407,000 vaccine donations from the United Kingdom and watch the entire Ministry engaging in showbiz at the airport. Where is the Ksh34 billion that can cater for the vaccination of close to 15 million Kenyans, even if we only vaccinate 30 per cent of our elderly? Hon. Speaker, you need to guide us. The rearrangement of business is within the purview of the Speaker under the Standing Orders. My view is that Hon. Nassir is taking the wrong route. You are not taking the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) or Kenya Airways and you are not driving to Mombasa. In fact, you are driving away from Mombasa. We do not want populist Motions. Hon. Nassir comes from the Minority Party. They should be checking the Government 24/7. We have been experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic for two years now and you are telling us that with a Motion, things will change. They will not. A Motion cannot work. In fact, I am waiting for that Motion. I will oppose it because you failed to check the Government as the Minority Party. It is your party that should ask the Government why it is not vaccinating Kenyans. It is your party that shook hands. Yesterday, it is your party that participated in what is going on. With the way you are going, you are annoying your party leader who is in Homa Bay and there will be consequences. I was in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) before you. I was a founding member of ODM. In ODM, you do not work like that. You do not go contrary to your party leader. In fact, this Motion, should not proceed following yesterday’s commitment. We should not listen to the charade of a Minority Party that has lost focus. I want Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir, the purported next Governor of Mombasa to relax. In 2010, Kenyans said that there shall be a Majority Party and a Minority Party. They are occupying the oversight committees of this House. They are occupying the Minority side of this House. I am representing the hustlers. This is a populist Motion. It is a political gimmick to open up the country for political rallies. It is too late. We must follow what the Government said yesterday. We must vaccinate our people. We must listen to the President. We cannot have an Opposition that dines with the President at State House and the lieutenants are here telling us of a Motion that has no head or tail. Hon. Speaker, this House in its wisdom under your leadership, passed a Ksh3.1 trillion Budget. Money was allocated to various sectors. I urge that we continue and follow the Order 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."
}