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    "id": 1581830,
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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, even when people say we remove the Fund, we find organisations that say they take children to school and build classrooms. So, if we are looking for money from the donor world to do this, why do we not let the Government thrive and do the right thing? The saddest part of all this is we also need to sit down and create awareness in the Judiciary. We might be blaming them but it is because they have never understood how the Fund runs. We had proposed that we must have a magistrate court in a sub-county. The Judiciary is also suffering from lack of adequate resources. Perhaps, the courts that were burnt yesterday did not have secure safes to ensure that critical documents are not destroyed. I know title deed of our parents and serious documents might have been burnt. We also need to talk to ourselves here. I will be frank today. I know our lawyers might feel disappointed. Sometimes, when you have your own case, it is good to step aside and give it to an external person to execute it on your behalf. You can be there, but in the background to give information and serve as the technical team to give advice. I plead with our lawyers, the House and our Speaker. Is it possible for us to get two external lawyers who can be part of our team? They can be the ones to prosecute for us this matter so that we do not go to court ourselves. Ethically, one may wonder how we prosecute what we are already spending. We are talking about a Government resource. I plead that we have two external lawyers to be part of our team and we leave them to prosecute the case on our behalf. We can support and give them more information and we see how it works. Maybe, the Judiciary will look at it externally and see the difference. Even as we debate this constitutional amendment Bill, we know very well that it is long term. But we still have to ask ourselves if we can go back to court. The Court of Appeal – and I am not discussing it – has said that we proceed with the case. Can we try to do that and see the results? If the results are the same, we can revert to our legal teams to continue fighting for us. If we get different results, that will be the best. I plead with all Members that if there is a time we must stand united, it is now. United, committed and dedicated, we will get this matter go through. That is the critical thing for us. Lastly, I am still pleading with the Judiciary. We are removing the Fund when we are just about to start the new Competence Based Curriculum system. This morning, students were sent a platform to start organising themselves on how to join senior secondary schools. This is the time they need serious framework support. It cannot be that just as we enter a new dispensation in our education system, we want to kill the only Fund that focuses on education. I am pleading that we look at this matter soberly. Without the political egos that we sometimes carry, let us consider it objectively. I am pleading with the Judiciary to look at this in a very impartial manner. Help us, because our children are about to transition into this new system, and they will need a lot of support. There is need for many laboratories – not just science labs, but also equipment for music, catering and other things. It is important for us to support this amendment. I support, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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