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    "id": 1105661,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "In fact, if you asked me, I would have proposed that these roles should be shared by the county governments because they now have roles that are dominantly social. I would imagine that they would be talking about having county governments helping the national Government on issues of healthcare and agriculture, as it has been put in the Constitution. I do not know what to say, but some of the legislative proposals that come to this House sometimes surprise me. That is why yesterday you heard Members here talking about VAT. The Bill was brought to this House, we passed it and then you hear a Member talking at a funeral somewhere saying that fuel prices are high. The taxation measures were brought here and we made our comments. We told the Government that the Bill they had brought through the Leader of the Majority was wrong, but they still rubbed it through us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this country belongs to all of us. The idea that only a small group of communities can manage the resources of this country is wrong. We need to start building structures and institutions. We need to start trusting each other. We need to work for all of us. It cannot be that every time there is a programme that has big sums of money, it is put under a certain ministry. It is wrong. I would imagine that what we want to do as Parliament is to try and get more money into this kitty, push for the implementation of the Authority and make it stronger, so that Hon. Kimunya and the people of Kipipiri can also benefit. He does not have to raise Questions here about those wazee and mamas who do not have money. I am, however, surprised that people come here to waste Parliament’s time. Since 2013, we have had the Social Protection and Council Bill proposing the same things. What we should be discussing today is how to promote equity. How do we ensure that we reach more people? How do we ensure that this Act is arching well from the constituency level and not at the national level? How do we give Members of Parliament (MPs) a bigger role because most of those requests come to them? How do we strengthen the vetting committees on the ground? I have never heard of something as good as this, but you now want to give it to one individual to be the one making all the decisions? I oppose with all the breath that I have. Thank you."
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