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    "id": 462519,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkonga",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "So, I am urging this House that we pass this Motion with the speed of the concord, and commit this resolution to the Committee on Implementation to follow it up and ensure that it is implemented to the letter. We are not a talk shop. This is not a talk show; we are serious in what we are saying. We are playing our oversight role of ensuring that Kenyans get value for money. We are not introducing a new theory in this country. We are seeking to just economize the little resources that God has vested in us in this country. It is important that this Motion, sponsored by Hon. Jamleck Kamau, be passed, so that we can put in place procedures that will ensure that we use resources well. Some of us have been flying internally using our own resources, as you know which are very little, and it disheartens at times that you find a senior Government official sitting on 1C or 2C or something like that, yet the Member of Parliament who approved the appointment of that person here sits on 23E somewhere there. You feel very embarrassed as your constituent looks at you and wonders where you are supposed to be. We cannot have two power systems in a country in which some people are second rate citizens and others are first class citizens. We all belong to this country and we care so much for this 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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