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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I totally agree with you that we call for special sittings of the National Assembly as per the Standing Orders on a matter of great national importance. We do not call special sittings to discuss Kshs1 billion which has no regulations and framework. We are only asking to educate the masses. Yesterday I was shocked that from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., the “Lower House”, which the Senators have confirmed it to be, discussed the Kshs1 billion. I said last night I have been very consistent over the last two-and-a-half years that the Senate the Kenyan people got is weak. The only people who can empower the Senate are Kenyans. The Speaker of the Senate, the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Moses Wetangula, Hon. James Orengo, Hon. Kiraitu Murungi, and Hon. Amos Wako were members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution. They must blame themselves for giving themselves a weaker House. Yesterday, in their debate, the Lord went into their hearts. At the end of the day, they created a nine-member committee to go on a fishing expedition on the Constitution and see what they can grab in terms of powers. They said that some of the things they want to get are vetting powers. We have no problem. I want to assure them that after that Committee submits its report, the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya, and the county assemblies, will have a say on any constitutional amendment. As they move, we will wait for them. There is information out there that we have denied that House Kshs1 billion. That Kshs1 billion was described by a Senator as mbuzi moja . “ Mbuz i” in corruption terminology means “bribe”. He said that we denied them a mbuz i. However, the salary paid to Members of Parliament of either House is meant for oversight. The mileage you are paid to go to your constituencies is an oversight resource. The committees that are funded by this House and sit from morning to evening do oversight work. The Senate must tell the people of Kenya what they wanted to do with this Kshs1 billion. The great 47 women of this House can give serious consultancy to the Senators. For the last two years, they looked at the law, created a framework and now they have a board and are getting their money in this financial year. The 47 great women leaders of this House have Kshs2 billion. As lawmakers, we must always respect the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act and the budget-making process within the Constitution. I saw what happened in Bungoma. I watched it on television. That is a replica of what is happening in all the hospitals in this country. The men and women who are supposed to oversee are the members of the Senate under the Constitution in Article 96. The health sector is collapsing, doctors are resigning and there is nepotism and tribalism even in the recruitment of nurses and doctors in this country. Devolution was not meant to divide us along ethnic lines. Devolution was to allow a Luo to work in North Eastern and a Somali to work in the Rift Valley. Promotions are done on ethnic basis in the counties. Over 20 governors are facing investigation by the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC). Who is to oversee those governors and their resources? I do not want this House to dwell so much on the Senate. The die has been cast. The Senators have realised that some of them went to a “Lower House”. As the nine members of that Committee go round the country, Members, make sure you give your valuable input. When you 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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