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    "id": 884814,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Kemosi",
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Kemosi Mogaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity. I rise to oppose the amendments. The reason being as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, we sat down and interrogated the amendments as put forward by the Senate. I also agree that most amendments are unconstitutional such that, you wonder whether the Committee sat down and interrogated the Bill, before they proposed them. If you look at Clause 102, particularly where they have proposed quite a good number of persons to sit in the Constituency Roads Committee, you will find that is unconstitutional. We have two defined systems of Government, that is the national Government and county governments. The Constituency Roads Committee we are talking about is a national Government functions. Currently, we have four members who serve in the Constituency Roads Committee who are not ordinary employees of the Member of Parliament. They are members of the NG- CDF and are gazetted. Why is the Senate proposing the two officers from the Senators’ offices who should serve in the Constituency Roads Committee? Under which forum are they proposed to sit? The Constituency Roads Committee is not a function of the county government. If the counties want to form their own committees, they are at liberty to do so. They have enough funds which go to roads. The counties receive a lot of money for the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) in form of a grant. Members of Parliament have never interfered nor do they have intention of interfering or being included in those committees. Why should they want to be included in our committees? I oppose this. If you look further at the Bill, you will find they have proposed the County Executive Committee (CEC) to sit in the Constituency Roads Committee. If you look at part (g), you will find all these members who have been proposed so that they wither down the influence of the NG-CDF members in the Constituency Roads Committee. Finally, if the Senators were genuine enough in proposing all these amendments, then where is the County Woman Representative (CWR) because she is also a leader? Therefore, I support. We need to have a mediation committee and very serious members who can take the Senators head on. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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