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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I also take this opportunity to congratulate the Committee. For the two or so years that I have been in this House, there has been this issue that a lot of Motions are passed, but nothing is being implemented. Everybody has been saying that the Committee on Implementation is not working. At last, we have the Report. I congratulate them for that. What I have noticed is that the Committee members are, to some extent, lamenting that they are not given the response they deserve when they approach the Ministries. That should not be so because this is one of the most important Committees of the National Assembly. It is the one Committee which can ensure that everything we pass here is implemented. When we discuss these things, Members think about them. The public knows about them and there are expectations. So, if Ministries do not respond, the Committee has a weapon, as others have said, under Standing Order No. 209(3) which says:- “The Committee may propose to the House, sanctions against any Cabinet Secretary who fails to report to the relevant select Committee on implementation status without justifiable reasons.” We have got information that, sometimes, they are called and they do not even report. It is also apparent that, sometimes, the Cabinet Secretaries do not give correct information. In the case of the funds that were set aside for giving National Hospital insurance Fund (NHIF) cards to elderly persons, the Ministry reported that it had issued Kshs290 million to the NHIF. But what 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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