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    "id": 88019,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/88019/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In fact, you are quite correct in your ruling that a departmental Committee can on its own motion move to carry out investigation or do what it needs to do to find information from the Minister. But also, there is a clear provision under the Standing Order No.198(e), which states that one of the functions of a departmental Committee shall be to investigate and inquire into all matters relating to the assigned Ministries and departments as they may deem necessary, and as may be referred to them by the House or a Minister. When the House refers a matter to a departmental Committee, it carries with it the urgency and the gravity of the situation. You can see from the reaction of the House that the Assistant Minister stands here accused of completely ignoring some regions in the distribution of water resources in terms of drilling of boreholes. In fact, there is a serious accusation that almost 30 per cent of the entire Budget went into one sub-region. The House needs to know that it passed the money. This money is not for the Minister to use as he or she wishes. So, the House must take its responsibility now, give a direction to this Minister to come and face that Departmental Committee. We do not want the Assistant Minister because we feel that he is not involved in this one. The Minister herself must come to the Departmental Committee on Equal Opportunity to explain why all the water is being taken to her area and not to the rest of the country and whether this Vote is supposed to be for her use or for the use of the Republic of Kenya."
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