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    "id": 1341915,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341915/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "The other issue that has been exposed is the issue of trying to amend the law through the backdoor. Article 94(5) of the Constitution gives the sole mandate of law making to Parliament; the National Assembly and the Senate. There is no other meeting not even the President or the Deputy President. No other person should make laws; not even the Attorney- General or the commissioners. Nobody has the power or the mandate to amend the law. Without amending the Kenya Road Act, we will be doing an illegality and this must be treated as so. We cannot amend the law through a meeting in Naivasha and we cannot get the ploughing back of the success that KeRRA has had over the years; to take them to the same pitfall that has been seen in the counties, projects that are never completed. If you look at the roads that are done by KeRRA and the county government in the constituencies, you can tell the difference without even asking. Even by looking at the quality of the murraming, gravelling or even the quantity of gravel, you can tell a road that has been done by the county as it is done haphazardly. It is an avenue for corruption. We cannot sit back as Members of Parliament and let the same counties that have taken almost Ksh400 billion to also take the RMLF. This Committee must stand firm against such a move. Even the Kenya Roads Board Act was made in this House. We know and see the appetite governors have to dip their fingers in this Fund. But we must be very clear and straightforward. It cannot and should not happen. The Committee should invite the Ministry to explain the circumstances under which it is proposing backdoor amendments to the law. The Ministry should explain under which circumstances it is proposing to decrease the percentage without debate on the Floor of the House. I support the Committee. I hope they can get concrete answers. Not only has the Committee been receiving questions, but that question has been asked on the Floor of this House. Therefore, that memo must be treated as null and void abinitio . With those remarks, I support."
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