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    "id": 1375538,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity, once again, to contribute to this debate on NADCO. I congratulate members of the Committee for taking time and spending sleepless nights to come up with this very beautiful Report. What I like about it is that after it was conceptualised it involved the two sides of the political divide: Government and Opposition. I also want to thank the President, Dr William Samoei Ruto, for accepting that NADCO be formed. He won the elections but decided that the country is more important than an individual. So, there was need to sit together and come up with reforms which will take Kenya forward. Particularly, I am impressed by the reconstitution of the IEBC Panel. This animal, IEBC, has been a thorn in the flesh for a very long time. We have had issues with our elections over and over. I hope this time round we shall have both sides agreeing and coming up with names of individuals who have the interest of Kenya at heart. Most important in the Report, is the Two-Thirds Gender Rule. In our country, this problem has been spoken about over and over. Year in, year out nothing has been agreed on. In this Report, it is very clear that the Two-Thirds Gender Rule will be addressed once and for all. I hope going forward, it will be concluded and we will have both genders well represented in every institution in our country. Also, the issue of having NG-CDF entrenched in our Constitution is very important. This Fund is an important element in our country because it has transformed very many lives. It has helped us in building schools, courts of law, and many other things. It will even get better when we bring in the Ward Development Fund. That way, we will not have Members of the County Assembly being at the mercy of governors. This is a very good way forward and it also includes the Senate Oversight Fund. So, every institution shall be independent and able to carry out its duties with sufficient funds. The issue of the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition and the Prime Cabinet Secretary being entrenched in the Constitution is also very relevant. It is so that after every election we do not have to fight over issues. We will have the President and the Leader of the Official Opposition. This will be very important because the Opposition will stand alone and carry out the oversight role in a very straightforward manner, while the Government continues to rule. Hon. Temporary Speaker, my time is up. On behalf of the people of Moiben Constituency I thank you for this opportunity. 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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