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    "id": 1522825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": " Unfortunately, that is where we are. Some of them are going public to say that Members of Parliament have no role in county affairs. I urge my colleagues that there comes a time when people must be ready to make hard decisions. We need to do both summative and formative evaluation of all the resources we have devolved since the promulgation of the current Constitution, so that we allow Kenyans to see the value of the billions and trillions we have devolved, as the true representatives of the people. Otherwise, we will sit here, lament and go to court. I am glad with what Hon. Otiende Amollo has said, but that is the court. What are we doing in the House? The Budget-making process, oversight, legislative power rest in our hands, and we are not using them. What are we saying? The Council of Governors has slowly taken over. Over time, they have blackmailed the Members of the National Assembly, the Senators, and the Executive. Everybody is being blackmailed under our watch. What are we going to do? We need to critically dissect the current Constitution and address all the gray areas that ought to have added value to the well-being of the people we represent. If we do both summative and formative evaluations, we will realise where the billions have gone. I had the privilege of representing two constituencies, and I am ready to take all of you for a benchmarking visit to Wajir West and Eldas Constituencies to see what the national Government and the county government have done over the last ten years. You will be in a position to compare and appreciate that our constituencies still survive on budgetary support from the national Government yet, billions are devolved. As I conclude, I want to tell the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure that, if you are here, we cannot be under the threat of a mere MD of KeRRA. He has issued many circulars. In fact, some of these MDs, because we have failed to bite and act, are taking advantage. I want the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party to hear me out. I want all the Members to hear that in the history of NG-CDF, from July, August, September, October, November, December, January and February, all our proposals are yet to be approved. What are these other funds you are looking for? Where are your NG-CDF proposals? You have been duped into asking to facilitate the bursary allocations. Where is the money? Even the basics are not there! I have been running after the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the management of the NG-CDF Board. Where are the approvals for the fund managers to actualise? The approvals have not even been done. Whose mistake is it? It is our mistake. That approval ought to have been in place by December so that we could roll out the project."
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