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    "id": 958703,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "still it has a responsibility to bring its report to this House and tell the House that it is not agreeing with it. However, holding the Bill and sitting on it is irresponsible and the Committee cannot be allowed to do that. That is because Committees are formed to do business for the House. The Committees cannot be allowed to hold Bills at their own will. Therefore, this has two effects. First, it is coming out clearly that my friend, Hon. Maoka Maore, is not leading this Committee effectively. We have talked about this even previously. We have been in this House long enough and I will tell you that the current Committee on NG-CDF is the worst in the history of the Committees of NG-CDF that I have ever witnessed in this House. The reason is probably leadership or the membership. We want to hear from members of this Committee. What is happening? This Bill has very good provisions but I do not want to go into the details because I would offend the Standing Orders of this House. We want this Bill to be brought so that we debate it with or without the report of the Committee. We actually do not even need the report of the Committee. We probably need to find a way. If they cannot conduct public hearing, we can do the public hearing through another committee. This is not the first time the responsibility of one Committee has been assigned to another Committee. If the NG-CDF Committee cannot deal with this Bill, then I would request that you rule that this Bill be taken to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning or the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). But I think PAC is an oversight committee. Let us give it to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I think it is irresponsible and the NG-CDF Committee needs to up its game. Remember, this morning, there was a challenge from the Member for Nakuru Town East. I do not know whether I am wrong. It is a fact that this is the first time, from July to September that we have not even been told how much each constituency will get in terms of figures so that we can process proposals. We may discuss with the Leader of the Majority Party and see how to overhaul this Committee because I think it is failing in its duty. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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