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"speaker_name": "Kangundo, GDDP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Fabian Muli",
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"content": "When people vote for you in any political seat as a Member of County Assembly (MCA), Governor, MP or Senator, they expect value for it. The CDF is used by MPs to give people value. If you check how the document is organised, there is money for administration, security, sports, environment, infrastructure and education. We also need to remember the Church; 0.5 per cent of the Fund should be set aside for religion - either the church or the mosque. I am saying that because the NG-CDF functions for Kenyan communities but not for MPs. It is very important for the NG-CDF to be anchored in the Constitution and all those votes should be mentioned: administration, environment or security. We should mention the amount which is allocated as per the policy document of the schedule of the NG-CDF. I support the proposal from our President. There is another proposal to create the Office of the Opposition leader. We need to understand that it is very important to oppose, but we need to do it objectively. I do not need to oppose just because I was competing with you. We need to grow a democracy which is progressive. If you are doing the right thing today, I will support you. However, if you are doing the wrong thing, I will oppose you. That is what we call ideological thinking in terms of democracy. The Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition got almost 5 million votes. They need an office where they can be heard. Every Kenyan needs to enjoy the right of this jurisdiction. The Office of the Official Opposition Leader should have funds. I am also going to challenge the people in Azimio that they should not feel like this Fund is meant for them. This Fund is meant for the person who becomes runners-up in the Presidential elections. Most likely, this Bill may take effect after 2027, and I am sure that our party, the GDDP, may become number two. I may actually be campaigning for these funds for my party. I am not seeing the Azimio Party becoming number two anymore. I know who will be number one, but they will not be number two. So, they should not feel like we are seeking funds for them. We are creating a fund for Kenyans who are contesting for presidential seats. There is always someone who becomes number one, another one becomes number two, and another one number three and so forth. So, we are talking about number two because we do not know which group will become number one. As party leaders, we are also willing to get into the challenge and become number one or two. If we become number two, we will have mobilisation fund. We will need to meet our supporters, oversee the Government and ensure we support the democracy of this country. The other thing that we need to look at as a country is the issue of elections and understanding. In this House, we have Majority and Minority Leaders. This House has no opposition. In as much as we support these proposed amendments, how will this House be organised? We have to consider our Standing Orders. We may consider having the Leader Majority to be the Leader in Government and a position to be created for Opposition Leader to sit in this House. I do not see how we are going to facilitate somebody in an office somewhere who leads other people in the House from outside and not inside the House. So, in our Standing Orders, we need to consider Opposition Leader not only to be visiting the House to address Members once a year, but give him a seat in this House. On the issues of having the CSs coming to this House, you saw what happened recently. MPs were given opportunities to serve as CSs. We made those people to resign from their office, we gave the IEBC a lot of work and their voters were made to vote again for other leaders. We need to anticipate that an MP or a Senator can become a CS because as it were, if they are coming to the House, they will just be answering questions. What is the point of keeping a Question until the CS comes back to the House, whereas I can just ask whatever time if he is also a Member in the House? I support this proposal of amending the Constitution and the Standing Orders but going forward, we might end up in a constitutional review on some of these proposals. We need to consider MPs and Senators to be CSs instead of being appointed from outside. Getting an MP to become a CS pushes the constituents to go for another election 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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