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    "id": 1194585,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Gitari",
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    "content": "and chiefs houses. When I served as the Member for Kirinyaga Central in the 10th and 11th Parliaments, we housed all the chiefs and assistant chiefs. We even went ahead and did houses for the police at Kerugoya Police Station. If we go to any constituency and compare the NG- CDF with any county development projects, you will be shocked, because the NG-CDF projects are very many. I want to agree and disagree with some of our colleagues. I was imagining that as much as the provision of the Constitution does not envisage it for the Senate, we need two-thirds in these chambers at the end of the day. We need our colleagues in the Senate to support this two- thirds gender rule. You remember the Presidential Address during the opening of this Parliament and His Excellency the President said that he knows what the NG-CDF has done in this country. I remember that he, at a point, said that we should look at the laws and see where we can incorporate them in the National Assembly and in the Senate, so that we can have some funding for them. I want us to embrace our brothers in the Senate so that can, at least, gather the two-thirds majority. I support this move. We will be causing some amendments at the right time because we have to think about what is happening to our counties. There is the proposed Ward Development Fund initiated by Hon. Kang’ata, who is a Governor now. I think it is important so that we can have some equalisation, and even if you do not support whichever kind of government, you are entitled to some development within your ward or constituency. I support this motive and we will be moving some amendments."
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