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    "id": 1211509,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to this very important debate going on. At the outset, I support the Motion on the Memorandum by the President seeking our attention and support. I support this Motion because it touches on areas that are very important to us as Members of Parliament. I want to start with the NGAAF and the Senate Oversight Fund. I was a nominated Senator in the 12th Parliament and five years ended while we were pushing for a Senate Oversight Fund. Senators go through challenges. They are supposed to oversight billions and billions of shillings when they are not even facilitated. Unless they are facilitated, corruption and mismanagement of funds and all the things we hear happen in the counties will not be controlled. Senators should be empowered to perform their oversight role. They should be given funds to help them be more effective. As for the NGAAF, it is now seven months since we were elected, but unfortunately, we have not received the funds. That is why I support this proposal. If all this is covered in our Constitution, we will not face these challenges and we will be more effective. Women will come to the House, serve and do their work at the grassroots without any problem. Many vulnerable students have been supported by these funds. The NG-CDF covers a constituency while the NGAAF covers a whole county. The practice as at now is that the same amount of money that a constituency Member of Parliament gets is the same amount of money a woman representative gets. That confuses us because you cannot compare a single constituency with four to five or even six constituencies in a county. When we amend this and integrate it into our Constitution, our interests will be taken care of and even the NGAAF will be well-covered. That then means that women will also get funds that are relevant to their services and that will help them do their work effectively. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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