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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "“The National Assembly represents the people of the constituencies and special interests in the National Assembly. The National Assembly deliberates on and resolves issues of concern to the people.” Hon. Maore was in the 9th Parliament. In the history of Kenya, all major corruption scandals and whistle blowing was done in Parliament. It was him who used the privilege he enjoyed then to come and raise the issue of Anglo-Leasing and that is how it came to be one of the biggest scams. Hon. Jillo Falana of Saku and his team were the ones who raised the red flag in the Chamber on Goldenberg scandal. Just the other day a judge denied this House and its membership the privilege they enjoy within the precincts of Parliament. It is very sad if we are going to deny. We get to our constituents who talk to us. The people of Kenya in their thousands send us petitions as whistle blowers. Hon. Speaker, the Parliament through the Departmental Committee on Lands received a very conclusive dossier by a whistle blower on the Ruaraka land scandal. So, let us not shut the door to the public. These same institutions that Hon. Maore is talking about are a creation of the Constitution and they report to this House. The EACC reports to this House and the Auditor General reports to this House. We are the ones who do their budget. So, the Hon. Chair of PAC is dealing with the audited accounts of the Financial Year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. What about the money which will be lost in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018? So, we keep quiet and wait for the Attorney General to bring his Report? No, that is not how Parliament should work. Along that line, when public servants are called to the House they must come. I want you to enforce that law because unless we enforce the Standing Orders, the Constitution and the mandate given to us as the representatives of the people of Kenya we will be judged harshly. Hon. Speaker, last time when we were passing the Supplementary Estimates II and you were in the USA, we denied the Cabinet Secretary for Finance the provisions of Article 223 in sanitising and regularising the Kshs1.5 million Ruaraka land scam which he paid using Article 223. However, the Budget and Appropriations Committee under the leadership of Hon. Ichung’wah and the House in general, we said until the Departmental Committee on Lands does a conclusive report on the matter, Parliament would not be in order to sanitise that payment. Hon. Speaker, today, those of us who spoke on that day are vindicated. What could have happened if Parliament sanitised that money and regularised that payment of Ksh1.5 billion? It is common knowledge today and I am sure the Chairman of BAC said that until the Departmental Committee on Lands conclude its report… Hon. Speaker, what Parliamentary committees do including the oversight ones is that they recommend actions to the respective institutions such as the Director of DPP, EACC, DCI Auditor General, Controller of Budget and in the event they do not comply with that recommendation, that is why we have a committee called Committee on Implementation which The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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