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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": "I have seen MPs in some constituencies insisting on directing who gets what contract. That is none of our business as Members. I want to confirm that for the time I have overseen the NG-CDF in my constituency since I joined this House in 2013, when we were still patrons of the then NG-CDF committees, I never and purpose to never sit in that committee to deliberate on procurement issues. I purpose that I will be there to offer meaningful oversight, and I believe that the people of Kikuyu Constituency have enjoyed my term as their MP since 2013 in being able to roll out development projects that have given value for money. I have been there to offer proper and meaningful oversight of the committees that we elect to implement those projects. Even Hon. Chepkong’a is reminding me that, indeed, in my first term in Parliament, because of purposing to offer proper and meaningful oversight of NG-CDF, the people of Kikuyu appreciated what I had done and re-elected me un-opposed, being the first Member under the 2010 Constitution to be re-elected un-opposed. I want to encourage even our new Members to learn from those of us who have been there as well as those who came ahead of us to ensure that your funds at the constituency are properly managed. To ensure that is done, you have to offer oversight and not get involved in deciding what money goes to what projects or which contractor gets which contracts."
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