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    "id": 1204417,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " I am on the Floor, Hon. Members. Hon. Speaker, before I comment on this Motion, let me also join my colleagues in appreciating the efforts you have made towards ensuring that the NG-CDF is unlocked. I also want to appreciate that, finally, sense has prevailed on the Executive. All along, we told them that there is nothing whatsoever that is unconstitutional about the NG-CDF Act of 2015. Nothing was supposed to stop them from disbursing the funds. Now that they have seen the sense, we appreciate that funds should be disbursed quickly for children to proceed with their education. From the outset, I want to oppose this Procedural Motion vehemently. I will explain why and Members must be patient to get my explanation. Just as I said earlier on, we are not in a hurry to go anywhere. I have gone through the Supplementary Order Paper from Order No.1 up to Order Order No.35 and there is nothing earth-shaking in any of these Motions or businesses under these Orders such that if we do not conclude them in this Sitting, the world will come to a stop. Never! There is nothing completely. Therefore, by passing this Procedural Motion, we shall be setting a path that will make this House a conveyor belt and House for rubberstamping decisions engineered elsewhere. Hon. Speaker, I still maintain that we can do our business up to the normal time. We will come back whenever we will be required to continue with the rest of the business. I am appealing to Members that, if we accede to this request and approve this Motion, we shall be contributing towards the erosion of the dignity and credibility of this august House. This is something in respect of which we will forever be unforgiven. I know the rush and I can say it. The rush is to ensure that by the time this House rises at midnight, we shall have sent home or to the tribunal the four IEBC Commissioners."
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