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    "id": 913802,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Government Affirmative Action Fund or the constituency Members, as long as our girls get the sanitary towels, it is fine. Unlike Hon. Duale who will not discuss sanitary towels, I am a father to three beautiful girls and I will discuss them. In fact, my first daughter is 12 years old now and I am in talks with them on those things. This is not the only amendment. I think it is important that the House pronounces itself on this matter because this is not the only matter. As I said, there were amendments from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Ministry of Education and we went through them, but what worries us is that there seems to be a disconnect even within the Government between ministries and the National Treasury on the allocation of funds. These funds, as Hon. Wario says, were, indeed, allocated to the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs. We are being told that even the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs has a problem with these funds because of procurement issues. Two years ago, this money was in the Ministry of Education. It was moved to the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs and now it is being moved back to the Ministry of Education. Our gracious women representatives want this money to go to the NGAAF. However, all in all, since we have no particular interest in this matter and we do not want to polarise the House on a matter that is not of our own making but of the making of the Executive, we should do what is the most honourable thing for this House. We do not want to polarise the House. We withdraw the amendment, but also serve notice to the National Treasury and the Executive that by the time they bring Estimates, they should have decided on where to apportion particular Votes. Let them not bring their turf wars to the House. Hon. Melly has no issues with Hon. Wario, neither do I have any issues with Hon. Wario, Hon. Melly or Hon. Koinange. They are bringing issues now even between the committees. Had we allowed many of the amendments that the other Members of the committees were opposed to… You can see that is why Hon. Kolosh has moved his seat to come and sit next to me because of amendments that touch on other areas. Hon. Speaker, I, therefore, beg to withdraw that amendment and we proceed with the other Votes without re-committal."
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