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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "situation, so that the people of Trans-Nzoia can have value for all the money that has been set aside. As for the money from the national Government to county governments, every coin must be accounted for. With regard to this, I urge our leadership in the county to know that they must be held accountable; they must be responsible to our people. This is because the people of Trans-Nzoia deserve the best and they must have value for their money. They elected everybody to office, and are watching and listening very carefully. Hon. Speaker, on the Kamukunji we had this week, in which many issues affecting hon. Members came up. My appeal to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) is that, as we go to recess, you have been given a yellow card. Please, take your time to remedy all those issues hon. Members raised. Those are key and serious issues that need special attention by the PSC. You should up your game and address the issues that came up during our Kamukunji . Hon. Members should enjoy facilities and feel that they are secure wherever they are working. They want to feel that there is no nepotism in this country. We cannot claim that there is nepotism outside there, when we ourselves cannot lead by example. Hon. Speaker, during the last referendum, many of us said that we beeded to correct a number in the Constitution and then pass. Others said, let us pass and then we shall correct mistakes in it. The question is: Are we able to look at all the issues that need to be corrected? For me, there are many issues in the Constitution; many people in my constituency have been working at the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) but they have not been paid. I ask myself: Do we set aside money to pay the ADC workers who have gone for months without pay, or do we set aside money for the referendum? My answer to that question is that we should set aside money, so that our people, who have been working, and have not been paid, can have money. I told myself that this Jubilee Government is setting money aside to tarmack a road in my constituency, do I put that money in a referendum or into the tarmacking of road? Mine and my constituents’ choice would be that we tarmack the road."
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