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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "You see, you resolved as a Committee. You should have resolved to table your Report to the House, so that it adopts the resolutions. Anybody going against the resolution of the House will be…What you discussed in the Committee did not come to the Floor of the House. That Report on what you decided should be here, so that Members can look at it. Hon. John Mbadi has raised a very pertinent issue about this fund. The 2011/2012 Financial Year or past financial years had funds dedicated to them. Therefore, the 12th Parliament has no business listening to any such stories about arrears. Therefore, your Committee needs to table its Report so that Members can look at those arrears. In fact, maybe some of the Members here like Hon. John Mbadi, may be having something pending from his constituency since he was a Member then. Also, Hon. Aden Duale, Hon. Cecily Mbarire and a number of other Members’ constituencies could be having something pending. So, it would be best, if your Committee tabled that Report. Actually, what the Board has given you, table it here so that Members can scrutinise it because some of these stories might be fake. Maybe there are some Members who are sitting pretty here without knowing they are listed as having pending bills in their constituencies for the Financial Years 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015. So, it is important for your Committee to bring that Report, with the annexure so that Members can interrogate it and make a resolution of the House which none of those entities will be at liberty to disregard. Of course, if they disregard then there is a risk of sanctions by this House. The Board is supposed to be answerable to this House because that story about funds being given to cater for some balances from past years should never happen. Every year there is a specific sum meant for every constituency. If anybody has any claims from those constituencies, then they should lodge complaints with the constituency managers of those days. So that Members of the 12th Parliament do not carry a burden they do not understand. This financial year, what has been earmarked for each constituency should not go to pay anything else other than the programmes that have come from the counties for this financial year. Hon. Maore, I think your Committee should sit as urgently as possible, if need be tomorrow. At that meeting you should invite the CEO of the Board so that, afterwards, Members can deal with the National Treasury. As you know, this House knows how to deal with the National Treasury. This House cannot have problems dealing with the Treasury because that is something which is in the budget and indeed this is… We are now towards the end of February. Four months down the road, how are Members going to spend? I do understand many Members have even come to me complaining about bursaries. How is that particular aspect of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) kitty going to be addressed? So, Hon. Members, perhaps before we go to discuss the issue that Hon. John Mbadi raised about cash flows and the rest, I think it is better to deal with this one. Hon. Maore’s committee should sit. It seems to be the view of the House that the Committee should sit tomorrow so that by Thursday the House can debate. It is possible because there are several Members who have come to see me complaining about the difficulties they are experiencing. 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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