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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank all the Members for their contributions. I welcome constructive criticisms. That is why it is called peace. Anyone who has done peace and security, we always say, “in each way, there is peace”. I plead with the Senate Minority Leader that we are not creating projects of peace. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that we can monitor these peace projects because they are already there. Many people say they are doing peace projects. You talked about Ksh400,000 that was given to the IDPs. If we had a monitoring structure, we would have known who was paid, why they were paid and whether they owned land somewhere, but we do not have that framework. This Bill will help out in the different projects that the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government so that we do not duplicate what the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), the Ministry, the civil society and the donors are doing. How do we get to know that in Bungoma County, for instance, we have ten peace projects? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have many peace projects in the vast area of Mt. Elgon which is within Bungoma County. Therefore, it is important to know who is there and what he is doing. Is he part of bringing cohesion or conflict? The Senate Minority Leader was once in a conflict when he was running for his seat. There were issues that were raised because many people died. If all those are looked at, we are able to know whether the opponent is bringing in such things. The project will be registered and can be monitored. That is the purpose of the amendment. I beg to move. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, due to lack of quorum, I plead under Standing Order 54(3) that the putting of the question and voting on the Bill be deferred."
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