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    "id": 1274383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Report has been done by a Member of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition. I would be very happy to support it but I rise to oppose it. I oppose it in the strongest terms possible because we have the cardinal responsibility to tell Kenyans the truth. I listened to the presentation by the Chairperson and the Member who seconded the Motion and I realised there is too much information left out than meets the eye. Every Departmental Committee of this House has quasi-judicial powers to call anybody and ask for any evidence possible, so that it can be tabled in this House. This is so that Kenyans can know exactly what is happening within the public sector. The matters unga touch the core of even the security of this nation. We have seen violent demonstrations being done because of unga, not only in this country, but also in other nations. Therefore, these are very important matters of the nation, which should be investigated by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock without fear or favour of anything. We cannot rush to conclude that we authorise payment of Ksh1.3 billion without Kenyans being told how the entire programme of subsidy started. Companies were involved. Give us names of those companies, their directors, how long they have been in operation, and how much the subsidy was. The Seconder of this Report has talked about cartels. The Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock has the responsibility bestowed on them by the people of Kenya to unearth the cartels who are running away with the subsidy money, which is supposed to take care of the poor people of this nation. I have not heard anything of that sort in this Report. Therefore, I beseech all the Members of this House to find a reason to oppose this Report. The Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock should go back and get us the real picture. The leadership of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock is able and well-educated. The Committee can go to the core of this matter so that it brings us a proper Report. Probably, it should give us a Report of 100 pages, if need be, so that the truth about this subsidy programme is known. We cannot give Kenyans half-truths and shoddy work. We have to tell them the truth; and if there are people who are culpable, they should face full force of the authority of this House. This House is powerful, has authority and anybody who did wrong as far as the subsidy programme is concerned, that person or company, should face full force of the authority of this House."
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