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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the Motion because we need to go back to our constituencies and do work for which we were elected. I want to thank the Chairman of the CDF Committee for raising the issue. At first, we were able to increase the allocation percentage but, of course, we still must challenge him on the timeliness of the remittance of the money. On that account, I want to tell you, hon. Lessonet, you are failing us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reason the Chairman, hon. Lessonet, is failing us is because priority in the Executive has always been given to governors and other sectors. We are in politics. I am encouraging the Leader of Majority Party now that he is in the House; please, use the tyranny of numbers wisely. Do not use the tyranny of numbers to remove yourself from your own seat. Increasingly, that is what you are doing. You are using the tyranny of numbers to set Members of Parliament up. When you come back, please, use that tyranny properly. I acknowledge that the Chairman has indicated that there are constituencies that have not finished their allocations. I want to indicate that Mbita is one of them. The Chairman knows that it has to do with a problem in the Act, something I have told him. We have to amend the Act. When you are dealing with transition and, say, you have a poor manager who has been stealing money, when you want to change, the transition takes a while. I want to indicate that we must bring amendment. I know most Members, because of the political nature, do not want to put their hands in it. However, the control measures are completely weak, especially if you are a person who does not want to be 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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