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    "id": 573904,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "If you talk, for example, to your District Education Officer, you will find that a neighbouring constituency, whose Member of Parliament happens to sit on the Budget and Appropriations Committee, is getting strange money for infrastructure; they got Kshs15 million or Kshs20 million for roads and even ECD, which is a county governments affair. I raised this issue here some months ago and a ruling was made when the Budget and Appropriations Committee was trying to give itself money in the current Budget which we thought was unconstitutional and not in their mandate. I have come to find out that what I was trying to prevent had occurred in the last financial year. So, in our constituencies, there are no activities, but in the constituencies of these Members there are some activities involving millions of shillings. We need to talk so that we do not embarrass the Committee. I think something of a criminal nature is taking place as we watch. This House cannot be involved in a process that discriminates against some Members of the National Assembly. Our role, as the National Assembly, is to negotiate the Budget. That is how you do it in the new dispensation, but not negotiate it for yourself. In the Financial Year 2015/2016, this House, in its wisdom, prevented the Budget and Appropriations Committee from allocating itself about Kshs3 billion for some unknown events which they were calling “public hearing”. They refused to explain and the substantive Speaker then made a ruling. They do not have power. So, we need to investigate what happened in the Financial Year 2014/2015. I need to know and my people need to know why bursaries did not come. They need to know why constituencies of these Members are getting Kshs40 million for infrastructure. They are getting Kshs15 million per school for the ECD. If you look at the details, there is even money for free feeding in primary schools. I do not know which Member’s school children are being fed for free. This cannot be the role of the National Assembly. I want to request that we convene a Kamukunji so that this does not happen as we watch; we will have done right for our constituents."
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