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    "id": 20143,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what I want to address. We were informed by Mr. Kimunya himself that the money that was the proceeds of the sale of the Grand Regency Hotel was actually ring-fenced for use of the Lamu Port. I remember that. If necessary, I can produce the HANSARD. It is my understanding that the money that was ring-fenced for the Lamu project is the one that has perhaps been used for this. However, the public has been misinformed and we have been at pariah with the public that we have used the teacher’s money to pay our own taxes. A few weeks back, I was nearly run down by an irate motorist at a zebra crossing because of his hate for Members of Parliament due to the issue of taxation. When the rumors were added - I am not suggesting that the Minister or anyone actually said that - that the money that was meant for teachers has been used to pay the taxes for Members of Parliament. That has really made things very difficult for us. However, I support this Bill on the understanding that the Minister will, at a later stage, bring Supplementary Estimates so that we can deal with the issue of teachers. For whatever reason it is, that is the understanding that we have. I would also like to get an undertaking from the Minister that together with his Permanent Secretary and the Treasury team, they will be at Naivasha post-budget workshop where we can actually understand some of the mechanisms. We are looking forward to meeting Mr. Kinyua and yourself if you can spare the time so that you could take us through some of these issues to remove the misunderstanding and we talk from the same script."
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