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    "id": 1211456,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1211456/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "have taken so much time to release funds. This is what we need to do. We should bring the Cabinet Secretaries to this House so that they can answer to Parliament. There are a lot of subsidiary legislations or regulations that Cabinet Secretaries sign into law without the approval of this House. There are very many other extra-legal laws. For example, we currently have issues to do with junior secondary schools. We have issues to do with how the education sector is being run. The Cabinet Secretary is having it easy because he cannot be called to come to this House. In Tanzania, Uganda and other East African Community (EAC) countries, Cabinet Secretaries go to Parliament to respond to questions raised by Members of Parliament. This must also happen in Kenya so that we can be part of the EAC in terms of parliamentary responsibility and accountability. That is why I support the proposal by the President that we should have Cabinet Secretaries sitting in this House to respond to questions that Hon. Members may raise. The issue of entrenching in the Constitution the NG-CDF and the NGAAF is fundamental. These are important funds. The more we continue to operate without having these funds entrenched in the Constitution, the more a lot of busybodies out there will always be rushing to court to challenge their legality. I am not, in any way, saying that the NG-CDF or the NGAAF are unconstitutional. For me, these are funds that are properly anchored in law. The NG-CDF Act of 2015 is properly anchored in law. There are very many people here who are permanent litigants – people who just love going to court to challenge everything that happens in this country. Yes, they are vicious litigants. They can derail a good course for no good reason."
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