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    "id": 1143505,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": "well or not. That is the only aspect that will help them understand the performance of Members on the Floor. Information is power and if we do not do collection and documentation of information at the right time, we will not be in a position to make any sort of informed decisions be it in terms of performance via electorates, or contributions on the Floor and development in our constituencies. As we do so, we must collect the right information as per constituency; what was allocated to constituency abc so that the Government understands the disparities that exist. We can then argue on the Floor of this House and show the disparity between constituencies like Wajir North, Nyeri or Murang’a where probably most resources of this country could be going. We can only make this kind of comparison if we collect information at the right time and share with Members. It is important that we speed up this process, establish a library such that Members can go through these documentations and make the correct contribution on the Floor of this House. This is long overdue, and we should be looking at the aspect of cascading down this to the constituency level so that we may have some kind of a library. This is such that those people who cannot come all the way to Nairobi can access this information on a daily basis at our constituency offices. If they then engage us, they will do so from an informed point of view. This is long overdue, I support and believe that the Parliamentary Service Commission will speed this process and ensure that the same is done on time. Thank you."
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