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    "id": 451856,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I have an issue with absorption capacity. When Ministries are not absorbing the funds that we allocate to them in this Parliament, it means Kenyans are being denied some very critical services. I urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee that in future those Ministries that are not able to absorb funds are penalized. Some punitive measures should be meted on them because that is a sure strategy to ensure that Kenyans get the services that they require and the funds that we allocate to these Ministries are actually put to very good use. I strongly support the Budget and Appropriations Committee’s recommendation to put some money aside for a socio-economic audit of our Constitution. A Constitution is a living document. We need to review it and see to it that it serves Kenyans well. I was lucky enough to be a member of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee of the Tenth Parliament. While the 26 of us who were in the Committee had the chance to really work on that document, the august House was not given the opportunity to even alter even a comma or full stop in that Constitution. If only Parliament, as an organ of the Constitution making would have been given an opportunity, I am sure many of these issues that we are facing today would have been addressed. However, some quarters denied Parliament that opportunity because we were not trusted and it was very difficult for us to make even a single change to that document as a House, except for the Committee. I think that is why it is so critical for us to have this review and for experts to really engage with this document and see to it that we are able to fix what we need to at this juncture. 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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