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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance has stated that some of the pending issues like CDF allocations will be taken care of in the Budget of 2011/2012. The message that should go to the grassroots is that hon. Members have complained about processing of Bills of Quantities by officials. Hon. Members have complained about processing of Bills of Quantities by officials of the Ministry of Public Works. I am happy that the Minister is here. Sometimes it takes six months or up to one year and projects are not completed. A statement must come from all Ministries in this Grand Coalition Government that officers on the ground need to wake up and know that they need to target on performance. They have been contracted by the Accounting Officers, under the witness of the Ministers, and committed themselves to achieve certain targets. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to say that this House needs to embrace the spirit of moving forward in a positive way. As we do politics out there, within the House and parliamentary Committees we need to bring sanity. We need to emphasize that while we may be in political competition, the mischievous, and sometimes cheeky, behaviour that we witness in press conferences and political rallies has a direct bearing on the well being of majority of Kenyans, who may not be enjoying access to opportunity as we, Members of the Tenth Parliament, do. Statements that may affect the index at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), or statements that may affect pending partnerships with international organizations in order to complement the work of the Government, statements that will give the impression that Kenya is on a cliff will endanger investments. I think such statements need to be moderated, so that we may focus ahead, which is where we need to take this country. With those very many remarks, I support."
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