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    "id": 913336,
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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. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me this opportunity. I echo the sentiments of my good friend. Even before that, I think it is important that, as Members of Parliament, we do not engage in this issue of debate from a point of fear. This is because, as we sit here, one of our Members is being sought after by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for a reason that one made a statement in a political rally. That kind of thing will not help us make informed decisions on the issues that are before us. That is the Country Women Representative for Nyeri. Let me say this on the issue of health. I am told, and I have seen, that we have allocated almost Kshs45 billion to the Ministry of Health, so that they can undertake some exercises in the Ministry - for lack of wanting to go into the detail - to perform some functions that are intended to be devolved, perhaps, for good reasons. I think to understand this this was really one of the reasons why we gave ourselves a new Constitution. If you take Kshs45 billion from the 47 counties, you are really undermining the counties and the functions that they are supposed to do. It is not just the Ministry of Health. It actually goes to the issue of implementing this Constitution. If you start clawing back some funding that is supposed to go to the functions that are devolved, you are really clawing back on the gains of this Constitution. I support this vote. 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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