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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to congratulate you on your appointment to the Chairperson’s Panel. This is a testimony of the good work you did in the 11th Parliament. I want to join my colleagues in saying that this is a sign of good things to come because Hon. Cheboi also served with you. There is a history of people from Western Kenya being elected Speakers in this House. So, I wish you all the best. We have just come from a short recess and we are now proceeding on another one beginning this Friday. I come from Trans-Nzoia Country which is cosmopolitan. I was elected on a Jubilee ticket and my colleague, Hon. Ferdinand, on a NASA ticket, yet we are from neighbouring constituencies. In our county, the governor is from NASA and the Senator, the County Woman Representative and the Speaker of the county assembly are from Jubilee. This shows we can co-exist side by side. In fact, in my constituency, which borders Hon. Ferdinand’s, we have roads which we develop together. This shows we can co-exist as brothers and sisters. We want to urge our supporters to be civilised when handling certain issues. For instance, when it comes to demonstrations, they should not destroy other people’s property. People’s properties and businesses must be protected. We must picket because it is our constitutional right, but it should be in a civilised manner. A Member has said that some people would want to undress and go naked. That is there democratic right, but we do not want to see some of the Members of this House undress like their supporters as a way of setting an example. You should not make your supporters walk naked while you are dressed or let them be tear-gassed when you are in your house. I think that is hypocrisy of the highest order. Most of us share a cup of tea and laugh together out there. We want our supporters to laugh and sit together as Kenyans because after 26th October 2017, whether Uhuru Kenyatta or Raila gets elected as the president of this country, Kenya will still exist and go beyond them. Let us also respect the outcome of the people’s verdict. When reflecting on our calendar, I have noticed it has given us a lot of time and this will enable us to look at issues which pertain to our constituents. We are now forming several committees. As we proceed on recess, we should appoint commissioners to the Parliamentary Service Commission who will take care of the Members’ interests so that as we go back home, we can fully discharge our duties. I sympathise with the first time Members in this House because some of us old timers know the ropes around and can take care of a few things. Some of them do not even own cars. The President donated a car to one of them the other day, but there are many others who do not have cars. I do not know who will donate cars to them. These are some of the problems which should make us appoint commissioners. Another issue concerns the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). The last disbursement of the NG-CDF was done in December 2016 and up to date, the constituencies are not up to date with their projects. You are sending Members to go back home on recess and yet they have no money to fund projects. All these Members made promises to their constituents, for example, that they will make sure a certain school is built or buy a school bus and many other promises based on the NG-CDF allocations. We have been told the last time the National Treasury disbursed money to the NG-CDF Funds Committee was December last year. This is something which the Executive needs to consider seriously. Before 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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