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    "id": 884811,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/884811/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I have looked at the proposed amendments. I must say that, in addition to the more substantive amendments, there are also amendments to do with editorials. For example, in the Bill they are saying we replace the Kenya Rural Roads Authority with the Kenya National Secondary Roads Authority which is a new terminology we are adopting. I do not have a problem with this because it aligned to the Bill. Another issue is in Clause 102, where they are saying, since we will have new authorities, we need a transition arrangement. Therefore, before the new authorities come into being, they are saying that the existing authorities like KeNHA, KeRRA and KURA will have to be in place to ensure that things are moving on. They should not stop their activities without transition arrangements. So, I have no problem with such amendments proposed to align with the spirit of the Bill. However, I have serious problems with some of the proposals. I want to join my colleagues in talking about some of these substantial amendments. For example, when we talk about consulting the CoG on road matters when we know very clearly that there are national Government and county governments’ functions, it complicates matters and implementation will not take place. My proposal is that, if they want to be consulted, they should participate in a public participation forum so that they can give their input and we move on. The second issue is about having two officers from the Senators’ offices joining the board. I think these Senators must be joking. What they are forgetting is that, the NG-CDF Board Members are gazetted officers. Meaning, they can take responsibility on behalf of the Government. These people we recruit in our constitutional offices or Senators’ offices are just temporary employees on contract for two or three years. How do you add them to such a serious board, which will make serious decisions? I think they need to get their heads together. I object this idea of getting temporary employees to sit in such a serious board. I think the Senators should have seen that this proposal cannot be sold to anybody. I think there is a misplaced proposal where they are talking about the same two officers in the Senators’ offices sitting in a procurement committee. These days, looking at the Public Procurement Act and Asset Disposal Act, things have changed. It is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who appoints people to sit in that committee. You cannot appoint people, unless you want to contradict the law. 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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