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    "id": 879493,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, I would like to agree with my colleagues that what is happening in the Central Bank and other commercial banks saddens everybody. It is affecting commerce and making every Kenyan look like a drug dealer or people who are not doing the right thing. It should not be allowed. I have heard Members talk about the Committee on Implementation. I do not understand what they mean because no regulation has been passed to us. The committee concerned has not advised us that they are unable to supervise the Central Bank. I believe that such kind of extension is premature. However, I can assure this House one thing that any committee that liaises with us and lets us know that they have failed in their job or were not listened to, we are ready and willing to ensure that this House does not act in vain. We have done it before and we shall do it again. The only thing I am worried about is that some committee chairmen and Members have become the gatekeepers for the Executive. I remember there was a time when we summoned a Cabinet Secretary and a vice-chair of a committee came and said: “You cannot question this Cabinet Secretary because we are the ones in charge”. We told him that we were either going to discipline him or…"
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