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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bahari",
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to join my colleagues in supporting this Motion of Adjournment. It is time we go to our constituencies and do the monitoring and evaluation of the projects that have been implemented. It is time we went and started planning and listening to our people and their problems so that when we come in the next Session, we will be able to address effectively, the problems of our people. I want to speak on the issue of change in this country because change is a must. Even if you look around in this House, you will realize that a lot of Members of Parliament who were there during our time in the Eighth Parliament are hardly here. There has been a generational change in this country. So, it is obvious we cannot pretend that we will do the same work in the same manner that we used to do in the Eighth Parliament. Things have certainly changed and we must go with them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the environment has changed and it is only logical that once the environment changes, the way we do our assignments, administer and everything else should appropriately change to suit the changing environment. It is in this context that I say the issue of constitutional change is a must. This Parliament has no choice other than to enact a new Constitution. One Act which is very popular in this country in the name of the CDF radically changed the development pattern in this country. It radically changed the opportunities in this country. If one Act made a difference, if we overhaul the Constitution, this will make a radical difference. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to emphasize the issue of devolution in the Constitution. The Budget that has been read by the Minister for Finance is Kshs800 billion. How much of that is being utilized in your constituency and mine? If only 50 per cent of it which is Kshs2 billion went to each of the constituencies, I doubt whether you would even have a quorum in this House because you would be busy implementing projects in your constituency. All the time, you will realize that there is all the money that can go to fraud. Talk about Goldenberg, Anglo Leasing and others which have not come out, perhaps very prominently. In all, the PIC and PAC reports which you are very familiar with, billions of money have gone into fraud. When it comes to my road of Isiolo-Modogashe, when it comes to yours of Garissa-Modogashe-Wajir, the money is not there. When it comes to fraud in the name of Anglo Leasing, Goldenberg and others, the money is always available. That must be because the person or institutions that are responsible for ensuring that after 40 years of independence, those areas should have proper roads are not willing to do so. It is time, through devolution, we got out there to ensure that this is done right now because we have seen the piece of it in terms of the CDF funds. This is the time to bring in that change for the future generation."
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