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    "id": 1146105,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ng’eno",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "It is imperative for any Member in this House to understand that we were sent to this House specifically to do three fundamental things: representation. It must be noted very clearly that we do not represent the Government. They did not send us here to represent them. The Cabinet Secretaries and President did not send us here to represent them. We are here to represent the people of the Republic of Kenya who elected us. Therefore, anything that touches on the raia is what we need to represent here. We were also sent here to perform the oversight role. We need to oversee the Government operations. We need to check how they use the money that we budget in this House. We need to see whether they use or spend it diligently and correctly to the last coin. That is our work. We are here to do exactly that. On the oversight duty, when we find out that members of the Cabinet or the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who run parastatals are not committed to their work or are not working as per the law, we have every opportunity to ensure that we either impeach them or recommend any other action through the courts. We have every other opportunity to ensure that we either impeach them or we recommend for any other action through courts. I remember when I sat in Public Investments Committee, we recommended for the inclusion or exclusion of some companies by even a Member of Parliament of this House and we even recommended for stringent measures which the court took leading to the arrest and sentencing of a Member of this House for over 70 years. That was a recommendation made by this House. I sat in that Committee. So, I am shocked when a Member of Parliament, who is sent to this House to oversee, represent and legislate, recommends for a member of the Cabinet who we are sent to impeach or oversee, should not be touched. Whichever reason, I do not want to believe that it is a Member of this House who has made that recommendation."
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