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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to put the record straight because NGAAF lies under the Departmental Committee on Social Protection. It is true that the Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning deducted that amount of money. In my Committee, I even sit with Members from the 47 counties. As a Committee, we recommended that the Ksh500 million be given back to the NGAAF. However – listen to this one – the National Treasury is playing games. Yesterday, when our new Cabinet Secretary was asked about NGAAF money, he said that since the Chair of the Social Protection Committee is a lady Member for a constituency, they will not support the 47 counties. I want to categorically state that I am the biggest ambassador of women's rights. They should get the amount of money allocated for them in the NGAAF. The National Treasury and the Budget and Appropriation Committee Chair should not say that we never fought for that money. We fought up to the last minute. When we appeared before the Budget and Appropriation Committee, we said that that amount of money is supposed to be in the NGAAF, but it was deducted. When you make your ruling to put this matter to rest, that amount of money should go back to NGAAF for the County Women Representatives to do their work. That should be the 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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