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    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I have been in this House for the last 12 years. I have served in two Parliaments, and this is the third one. I want to remind my colleagues who are Chairpersons and those in the House Leadership, that we have seen committee chairpersons in the past, and we have been able to assess their performance, including the Chairperson of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee. We have seen about three in the past before the current one. What I am seeing is that Members of this House, who have been given the responsibility to lead committees and represent fellow colleagues, the Members, behave as if they have become Cabinet Secretaries of the current Government. This is so that every time you go to Television and while in the House, the way they address us as their colleagues is as if they are seating here as the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and National Planning. I agree with what Hon. Mbadi has said. If you have no development activities either in the rural areas or the cities, you will never grow your economy. The economy grows because of the development budget. When you look at what is happening, it is as if this NG-CDF money goes to our pockets as Members of Parliament, which is far from the truth. It goes towards development. I want to urge colleagues who are in leadership to please separate the Executive from Parliament on matters to do with financing. The budget for Parliament is less than 2 per cent of the country’s total budget. It is about 1.02 per cent only. As you tell us to keep on waiting, Government’s ministries are continuing with their business. Do you mean you do not want Members of Parliament to support their local economies? I agree with Hon. Wangari when she says this is the money which goes to the people. Governors have their money. You can see what is happening on the ground because we come from different counties. So, please colleagues, behave as if we are Members of Parliament and protect the independence of Parliament when it comes to matters to do with its functions. I submit. Hon. Speaker."
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