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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. Speaker. Hon. Wamalwa is saying that we should not come here with excitement. I do not think there is anybody who has been more excited than he was when he was making his contribution. Yesterday, I attended the devolution conference in Kirinyaga and we were together with the Chairman on the spot. When introductions were going on, the Governor for Murang’a was the one making recognitions. He recognised everybody else, but when he got to Members of Parliament, he introduced us as follows: Members of Parliament and former Members of Parliament present, can they stand. It was the only category. He grouped us together with former Members of Parliament, a clear demonstration of not just the contempt they have for us, but also the casual way they are handling issues. When I had opportunity to speak, I mentioned to them that, in my opinion as the Chairman of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), the National Assembly is a major stakeholder in devolution. Their continued holding of annual conferences across the country and making it clear to the nation that they have no room for the Members of the National Assembly, including the Speaker of the National Assembly, clearly demonstrates to us that they have a long way to go before they can completely understand how to enhance devolution in this country. I do not want to use it as an opportunity to report, but they are complaining about many issues of functions and the rest. I pointed it out to them that of all those functions they are complaining about, if they had engaged the various chairpersons of the committees, they may have got ways of moving forward without looking for areas in the Constitution to amend. I am saying this because even as we discuss this issue, if we are not careful, we will look the way Senate is looking. They are all over and nowhere. They have now introduced a lot of confusion with the Solai issue. They have different recommendations on issues of the Solai Dam. We have different recommendations on the same. What happens at the end of it is that the people who elected us will start losing faith in us and trust in institutions that we are charged to oversee. This 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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