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"speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
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"content": "Deputy President, what about if we had an active Deputy President, very cooperative working with the President? Probably, we could have achieved 15 per cent. That takes me to this fundamental question which we must talk about. For us to have stability in this country, there is need to ask ourselves, going forward, the experiment we saw with the President and the Deputy President, is it what we want to see again in this country? If we are not going to amend our Constitution, then presidential candidates need to think twice and get their deputies or running mates with a chemistry that is perfect and not one that is forced by circumstances; a chemistry that only survives because there is danger ahead. Get someone you can work with, who will not undermine you and whom you can easily delegate to without any fear or favour. I do not think Kenyans are interested anymore in seeing these kinds of shenanigans that we saw in Jubilee II. Please, do not blame the “handshake” for the sake of it. It came about because of one simple fact, that we had almost two countries in one, but the two leaders decided to shake hands. We thought both sides would reign on their lieutenants to follow. There are certain things that I did not like. I am sure you would not have contemplated in the late 2017 that I would stand on the Floor of this House and say that Uhuru is a good President. Even greeting him was a problem. However, because my party leader told me: Hon. Mbadi, this is the direction to take. As a loyal servant and lieutenant, I followed. If I do not want to follow, I announce publicly that I have severed my relationship with my party leader. If I, however, still want to call him my party leader, presidential candidate and friend, then, I have found a way of working around him and what he believes in. I wanted to passionately talk about that matter. Honestly speaking, I am sure there is no Kenyan enjoying the kind of scenario we are in. Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) is a very important organ in the governance of this country. It decides and determines the sharing of Government revenue between the national Government and county governments. You will, however, hear people boycotting IBEC because they do not like the President. Honestly speaking, if he is still the Deputy President of this country, then you must attend this function especially if it is IBEC and another. However, the Deputy President must demonstrate that he still wants to be the Deputy President of this country by working closely with the President. If not, you can just resign. For heaven sake, if I cannot perform my duties as a Member for Suba South, there is no need of earning a salary like a ghost worker. I am sure, Hon. Speaker, your conscience cannot allow you to earn a salary for the Office of the Speaker if you are not performing the functions of the Speaker. The way I know you, your conscience will not allow you. I am like you. My conscience too cannot allow me to earn a salary as the Leader of the Minority Party in this House, feed and not do my functions. We have had the worst Government in Jubilee II, non-functioning, leaving one person to run things and then the excuse is “my functions were taken and given to someone else”. Who is that someone else and was given by who? If it is the President who said so, just say no and continue doing your functions. I do not think Raila Odinga would give out my functions of the Minority Leader to any other Member, even Hon. Lilian Gogo here, and still claim I am the Minority Leader. Why am I then earning that salary? If he gives her my functions, I would resign so that I do not earn that salary. However, you cannot have your cake and eat it. You earn a salary, live in a Government’s house, hold political functions in a Government office; Deputy President’s Office, and you are claiming that you are still the DP, but your functions have been taken. It is a contradiction. Finally, let us be honest with ourselves. If you feel the Government has not performed, the President explained his achievements here, and he even talked about the Big Four Agenda. I listened to him and he acknowledged that on housing, they have not done very well. He, however, 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."
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