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    "id": 1493518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to debate this Bill to completion. This is a very essential piece of legislation and I thank every Member who has contributed and given their wisdom. I think the idea of inclusivity and gender balance by Hon. Millie Odhiambo in nominating institutions must be maintained. I think that is an important thing that we must note so that when we get to Third Reading, we can incorporate it. Additionally, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I like the discussion on the roles of Kenya Roads Board. Apart from just classifying roads, they also ensure an equitable distribution of resources. If we allow these Semi Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) like KeRRA, KURA, and KeNHA to distribute money without supervision from the allocator, you end up with an unequal situation where some constituencies have Ksh14 billion while other constituencies only have Ksh100 million. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it speaks loudly to the issues that we discussed in Naivasha. This should not be a House that perpetuates inequality. It should not. The committees that we have set should not perpetuate inequality by voting to disfranchise other members of the community just because they probably do not have the opportunity to become chairpersons or sit in committees that share resources. There are three types of committees in this House. There are Committees that share resources, Committees that look at how resources have been spent and Committees that look at governance issues. Now, it would be very unfortunate to sit in these other two, where money has already been spent and requires an audit and where you look at other parliamentary issues. As the Swahili people say, ‘ mtegemea nundu huondoka na mafuta’ . When they sit in those committees, they leave with more fat than those of us who do not sit in those committees and we must end that. It speaks to governance, accountability, and integrity. If Members of Parliament demand such of other people, then it must also be demanded of us as we sit in those committees. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I can promise you in the coming weeks, we will debate those committees in this House and post resolutions for those committees so that this issue of governance... If we are infusing governance at the Kenya Roads Board, we must infuse proper governance and sharing of resources within certain committees that share resources. I thank you for the debate. It has been a good debate and we look forward to bringing this to the Committee of the whole House. We should fast track those amendments so that the Kenya Roads Board has new life and new governance structures to develop our country. I beg to reply. 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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