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    "id": 1582527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1582527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "have questioned Articles 92, 93, 94 and 206 regarding the principle of separation of powers amongst the three arms of Government. To all the litigators who have raised those concerns, I want to give this assurance: Members of the National Assembly are mandated to oversee all national Government projects. The electrification projects undertaken through the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) and the Last-Mile connectivity projects that are carried out by Kenya Power are both appropriated and overseen by Members of this House. Due to the political nature of our operations, when such a project is initiated in my constituency, I will be the first one on the ground to witness that, indeed, it has arrived for the benefit of my people in Mukinyai, Borop, Soin, Kiamberiria and Molo in general. I will be the first to confirm that electricity poles have been delivered, that a transformer has arrived, and that our people are now being connected to the national grid. That does not, in any way, remove my power of oversight over the use of those funds. As a representative of my people, I am the first witness to a project that is brought into my constituency. When a road is constructed through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) or the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), I will be the first person in the constituency to confirm that such a road is being built. In the same way, I will be the first to verify that the projects appropriated by the National Assembly and allocated by the NG-CDF Committee have indeed been delivered to the intended schools or institutions. That does not take away my oversight role over that particular fund. Therefore, there is no conflict of interest in a Member of Parliament being present to verify and witness that projects meant for their constituencies have been implemented, while still retaining their constitutional role as an overseer. To safeguard this public fund of national interest, which has made many of us who we are today, we must entrench it in the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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