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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Murungi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister is a lawyer by profession, just like hon. Mungatana across there. He has given an undertaking to this House that he is going to incorporate all the recommendations that came from the Budget Committee and we have no reason at all to doubt him. I think that this is a very positive gesture by the Minister; that he is going to comply with the law and incorporate the recommendations made by the Budget Committee. I have listened to the hon. Members and the breach of the law that they are talking about, is that the Minister has not incorporated the recommendations of that Committee. But the Minister has undertaken to comply with the law by incorporating those recommendations. So, I want to plead with the House that we give the Minister a chance to incorporate those recommendations and then we can move on. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are going on recess. I think that time has come for us to move this country faster. When we go to our constituencies, the first question that we will be asked by the wananchi, especially after the rains, is: The roads have been washed away, what are you doing about them? We need this money to give an answer to our constituents. I am receiving your lists for rural electrification projects. I would like to give instructions, especially because of the little time left for us to complete the projects that we have started and also move transformers to where they are required. We need some money for that and it will be good if we can go and say: We are promising electricity to that school, market or coffee factory. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, although we were given Kshs17 million in terms of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to complete projects, there are very many uncompleted CDF projects around the country. During recess, I would like an opportunity to visit my CDF projects and say that we are allocating so much to this and that project. So, whereas it is very important that we implement the Constitution and follow the law, it is also very important that we do not let our electorate down. It is also very important that we implement this law in a realistic and practical manner that is beneficial to our people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that we are being too hard on the Minister. I was with him last week. In fact, after the Mombasa conference, he spent most of last week trying to raise money and attending various meetings regarding the burial of our two colleagues and officers, and lost one week. So, maybe some of the things that could have been done, could not be done because he lost one week."
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