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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to express my complete disappointment that seven Hon. Members averted the will of very many Members of this House. I am disappointed on behalf of farmers, not only in Nyamira but also in Kenya. Article 153 of the Constitution is very clear. Cabinet Secretaries are accountable individually and collectively to the President of this country. In so doing, a Cabinet Secretary is not exempt from taking accountability when anything goes wrong in their Ministry. The Cabinet Secretary cannot run away from the fact that the ultimate responsibility rests with him. I watched the proceedings of the Committee. One of the things that caught my eye was when the Cabinet Secretary proudly demonstrated to the Committee the positive things he has done for the Ministry. The same Cabinet Secretary refused to take responsibility when one thing went wrong in his Ministry. Article 201 of the Constitution clearly says that public money shall be spent prudently and responsibly. Therefore, it does not make sense why money allocated to one part of the department was reallocated to NCPB and consequently used in a manner that was not prudent. I do not understand how the Select Committee, the seven of them, decided that this Cabinet Secretary was not culpable of the crimes he committed. Article 43 of the Constitution is very clear. It says that every person has a right to free access to food, not only food but food of good quality. In his admission, the Cabinet Secretary said that out of the three million bags, only 3,000 bags were fake fertiliser, and they withdrew this from the people. That is not taking enough responsibility for a fault like that. What if this… 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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