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    "id": 1559991,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "may no longer be any mud-walled kitchens or granaries. That is because of the treaties that we passed that compromised our food security. I am happy that you have brought this proposal that puts Kenyans first. I commend you on the notification of regulatory impact statements in the proposed New Clause (b), which states that the preparation of a regulatory impact statement for an economic treaty shall be notified in the gazette and in a newspaper likely to be read by people who may be particularly affected by the proposed treaty. We are going beyond making this a business of Parliament by also making it a business of Kenyans. When we make a treaty, Kenyans must know and must be involved. What a tragedy that in implementing projects, we do not do the same. I will propose a Bill, and in it, we will force the Government – I am still looking for an appropriate name for that Bill – to ensure that if the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) has implemented projects, it must be published in the Gazette. For example, if Suba North Constituency NG-CDF has completed a specific number of projects in a particular financial year, it must be published. If a county has done projects in a financial year, by village, by ward, by sub-county and by county, they should be known. There is a lot of pilferage because we do not have that step of accountability. Kenya is not a poor country. What we have is poverty of commitment and poverty of integrity. What we need to do is to enhance accountability so that when we have monies from NG-CDF, from the counties, from NGOs and from any other source, we account for it. How do we account for monies that go to the ground? Kenyans should be made aware, but not by information that I voluntarily give as a Member of Parliament, telling them that our NG-CDF has done a certain number of building or blocks. I may choose what to show appropriately or I may show but leave out the core issues that the public needs to know. Therefore, I laud the Mover very much because this regulatory impact statement will empower Kenyans so that when we get into an economic treaty, Kenyans will know. Similarly, let us have, as part of our oversight role; as part of the Senate’s oversight role and as part of oversight role in the counties – a way that Kenyans must know exactly what has been done in the country. I see that my time is up. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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