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    "id": 832375,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to start by thanking the Committee for the good job they have done. I want to echo the words of the Leader of the Minority Party, that it will be good if they can move faster and bring reports from other counties. A couple of things have been mentioned and one of the thing is that I remember when we were doing the Constitution back in 2010 and before, we were faced with the issue of CDF because many then, who are seated here but were in the NGO world, were very keen to get CDF done away with. But it was clear in our minds that even though there is separation of powers, the success story of CDF could not be wished away. It was only fair that we made sure that it was retained in one way or the other. If you go through the HANSARD, we mentioned then that we needed to do Acts of Parliament to ensure that it continues in one way or the other. We had many people visiting this country from other parts of the world then, who had come to learn from the model of NG-CDF because of its effectiveness. Even as we debate this, it is important - and I echo the words of many that Mr. Mbuno cannot act for that long. I remember he took over from Agnes, when we gave Agnes the opportunity to serve as the Controller of Budget. I was talking to him a couple of days ago and I was wondering why he is still in acting capacity. One of the things that he mentioned to me - and I do not know whether that has been remedied today - is that there is no 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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