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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": "As I request Hon. Chepkonga to second, to buttress what he said, indeed, we had very extensive consultations on the import of the earlier amendment that he proposed that we had recommitted and the further amendment he had proposed that was on the Order Paper today. We agreed with him, as he had indicated, together with the Chairman of the National Government Constituencies Development Committee, because those proposals touch on the NG-CDF. As Hon. Chepkonga says, the amendment he was referring to was proposed by the former Chairman of the NG-CDF Committee in the last weeks of the last Parliament, when many Members were not in the House. We do not want to work that way in this Assembly. On matters that touch on the NG-CDF, all Members have an interest. It is only fair that we have extensive consultations so that at the end of the day, the people we are representing feel they are properly represented and nobody is disadvantaged on account that the time when a particular amendment to the NG-CDF is moved, several Members are either not in the chamber or are busy elsewhere. I must thank Hon. Samwel Chepkonga for heeding that call for national dialogue. We had a very extensive dialogue with him in the interest of all Members and, indeed, he has been very amiable in having the discussion and agreeing to proposals by the Chairman of the National Government Constituencies Development Committee. I also thank the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Sirma because he was very instrumental in this discussion to ensure that everybody at the end of the day emerges a winner. No constituency loses and none gains excessively over and above the others. Also, we managed our fiscal space so that we do not 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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