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    "id": 517607,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/517607/?format=api",
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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": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Commissioners of the EACC have been fighting with the Commission Secretariat for files. The only reason as to why they are trying to suspend some members of the Secretariat is because they have refused to back- off cases touching on the Anglo-Leasing Scandal and the Nairobi County Government. That is why the EACC Commissioners want to dismantle the Secretariat. Therefore, because of this particular development, the proposed additional sum of money should not be released to the current EACC Commissioners. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a good Report. However, regarding proposals of members of the public that the Committee presents to this House for approval, it is important for us to know whether the Committee has been setting aside such moneys for such projects in the past, and what projects they have come up with. In future, if they collect views from people in the counties and decide on projects that need to be funded, it is important they involve the other Members of this House. They should tell this House what projects they have decided that should be funded in, say, Garissa County rather than come up with issues that do not seem to be very clear. Under the Constitution, funding what is called ‘strategic response to the public hearings’ is a must, unless the Committee wants this House to be irrelevant when it comes to responding to such public issues."
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