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    "id": 989148,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My surname is Murugara. We have Hon. Kitonga Maanzo, but I am Hon. Gitonga Murugara. The problem is the letters K and G. With the knowledge that you guys come from down the Rift valley, sometimes it is difficult to make the distinction. I rise to support. It is vitally important that we now commit the last phase of these funds to the Government so that it is able to render services to the people. These are extraordinary times. We have the pandemic that is bedeviling the country and money is required as a matter of urgency. We have been told that about Kshs40 billion have been set aside for this matter. The reason we have not seen this money trickling down to ma shinani is because we have not given the nod. Today, we should give that nod so that we are able to move forward. Out of the Kshs40 billion, it is good to acknowledge that this House - the House of Parliament - has contributed about Kshs2.5 billion by forfeiting travels and most allowances. As we fight the pandemic, it is important to remind the Executive that we must at all times work within the parameters of the law because we have seen the curfew laws and, the laws that control the movement of the public so as to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Unfortunately, it is important to point out that some of the laws being enforced have been made pursuant to old colonial acts, relics of colonial rule and those regulations actually contravene the Constitution. We will be bringing those to the attention of the relevant Government agencies when we meet them because we feel in trying to enforce some of these regulations, the rights of citizens are being contravened. It is important to point out that as I sat over there waiting for the good eye of the Speaker to catch me, I received a note from a leader of interns in the country who tells me that since they were recruited they have not been paid. I single out the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) which has recruited interns. I believe this is the money they are waiting for so that the welfare of these young people can be taken into consideration. They are paid whatever stipends they are supposed to get so that they can also live The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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