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    "id": 471020,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this particular Motion and thank the Committee for proper scrutiny of these regulations. Any person who has experience with the convening of meetings in the constituencies - unlike former board meetings--- When you give notice to members of the public, you might find that you do not have quorum or proper numbers in the meetings. The proposal that we reduce the notice period to seven days for convening of these meetings makes sense. It is actually reasonable, so that the issue is live from the issuance of notice to the date of the meetings. That is a well-thought out provision. Hon. Speaker, the issue of the secretary becoming literally a day-to-day functionary of the Committee is, obviously, not right. This is a person who has other duties and the proposed annulment of regulation 9 should be accepted, so that the day-to- day functions of the management of the Committee are left to the Fund Account Manager as well as the other staff employed by the Committee. It makes sense. Otherwise, the Committee Secretary would have to be followed around, even to his house, to receive and write letters. I do not think he has that capacity. Looking at the qualifications of Members of the Committee that are given in the Act, there is no requirement for technical people. So, you might find that the eight Members of the committee do not have any knowledge in buildings, roads or anything like that. Therefore, the Committee is forced to get support from technical officers of the Ministry, or even from the private sector, so that the buildings and other structures under construction are done properly. When we say that we want a sub-committee on inspection to have a technical person, it makes sense, so that we do not have white elephant projects. 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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