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    "id": 1183289,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183289/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "I remember one time we met at a function and the only words I would say is, “you took me to school and told me I am the leader of tomorrow, and tomorrow has now come.” That is how I was able to convince that multitude to vote for a 28 year-old man and not the experienced one. To date, he is someone I talk to and really respect. He has been a great mentor in my life. The success of CDF has many of us as examples. How unfair would it be if we do not extend this olive branch to the millions of poor Kenyans in this country? A lot has been advanced about NG-CDF and its control by Members of Parliament. Let me inform those uninformed judicial officers that we have a fund that is run through Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). The 22 per cent and the 10 per cent. The only role of a Member is forwarding or recommending members of the Constituency Roads Committee. Then the Constituency Roads Committee draws up a programme of how the roads will be done in the constituency and this can be seen as what has been an equaliser in doing our constituency roads. So, if the 22 per cent and the 10 per cent KeRRA roads can do our roads in the constituency, and you claim that the Member of Parliament is not involved and then say that this is unconstitutional because there is involvement of Members of Parliament, are you not double speaking? I really urge these judicial officers, you might be children of rich men and women in this country, you might have gone to privileged institutions, most of you take pride in calling yourselves learned friends because you went to the Massachusetts and the Oxfords of this world, but many poor Kenyans would never afford or even imagine of going to those The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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