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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Noor",
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this chance to sincerely thank all hon. Members who contributed to this Motion. I want to thank hon. William Kabogo for raising the Question. I would also like to thank the Minister who has just spoken. He has reminded us that we have a new Constitution, this is a new country and we must look at issues in a very transparent manner as we deal with them. When the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government appeared before the Committee, he informed us about the misuse of public funds. He told us that money which was allocated to Thika Municipal Council under the Kazi Kwa Vijana Programme was misused by the Council in paying the NSSF and NHIF. This is money that was meant to empower the youth of this country. This was discovered when the Permanent Secretary ordered an audit of all funds that were sent from his Ministry to the Thika Municipal Council. On the issue of the pending court case that I have informed this House, this case came much later after hon. Kabogo brought the issue on board and when the Committee was carrying out its investigations. As the Minister told us, we will deal with that pending issue as we were advised by the expert; Waziri . Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to request the House that should we adopt this Report, it should be implemented to the letter and the spirit. There are many reports that pass through this House and yet they are pending implementation. Many of them have not been implemented. This is one report that touches on lives of individuals. When one of the witnesses came before us, he was moved to tears. He told us that his children dropped out of school because he could not pay school fees and surely, he had nothing. So, this is a case study that we would like to see being implemented immediately so that this House can be seen to be working in the interest of innocent Kenyans who have worked for more than 14 years serving the interests of this country. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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