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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "(Tigania West, UDA: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to pick it up from where Hon. Mbadi has left. If we had negotiated from the beginning, we would never have got to where we are now. What has been happening in this country is that after stiff political competition we continue with the same competition even in this House. The spirit of NADCO was good and needs to be emulated. Perhaps, if we also stuck to speaking and telling Kenyans the truth as guided by Article 35(2) of the Constitution, we would take this nation very far. Sometimes you hear some Members saying that the Housing Levy or the Affordable Housing Programme is not benefiting people in the Azimio Coalition. Today, Hon. Caroli Omondi confirmed that the first phase of the Affordable Housing Programme has already kicked off in his constituency. It is unfortunate that some Members are saying that that only happens in the constituencies where Government is represented, which is not true. Let us stick to the truth and stop telling Kenyans lies. Having said that, let me thank the Committee for the good work that they have done. The Committee has brought out issues that need to be scrutinised with sober minds. They brought out issues that have to do with the IEBC. I do not need to belabour that point but on the cost of living, they brought out key proposals like reduction of the cost of travel by half, reduction of the Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) by 30 per cent, and merging of some of the institutions. These are proposals that need to be looked into. Sometimes we overspend on things that do not matter. On the creation of the Office of the Prime Minister and that of the Leader of Opposition, I believe if we had an Office of the Leader of Opposition, we would have more organised opposition leadership in this country. We would not be having chaotic situations where people just emotionally get to the streets. We should be fast-tracking legislative reforms that seek to harmonise the business of Senate and the National Assembly. We should not be taking each other to court. Those are some of the things that we should have done a long time ago. We are one nation and we should speak to each other in order to come up with ways of doing business. The issue of fighting corruption has been articulated in this Report. It is one of the thorny issues in this country that needs to be dealt with. They have given clear proposals on how to do it like entrenching the NG-CDF, NGAAF and the Senate Oversight Fund. I will be bringing a proposal that instead of having the Ward Development Fund being recognised at the 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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