{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137654","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137652","results":[{"id":1392941,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392941/?format=json","text_counter":110,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ndia, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. George Kariuki","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you."},{"id":1392942,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392942/?format=json","text_counter":111,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Very well. We shall close that matter at that particular level, unless the Leader of the Majority Party wants to speak on it. Let us hear him and then we wind up on that particular matter."},{"id":1392943,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392943/?format=json","text_counter":112,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me thank the Leader of the Minority Party for raising this issue. Public participation is a constitutional imperative. Since the advent of Constitution, 2010, every year, the Budget and 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"},{"id":1392944,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392944/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":"Appropriations Committee devotes funds to public participation, which must be disbursed as approved and appropriated by the House without any undue delay."},{"id":1392945,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392945/?format=json","text_counter":114,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":"However, there are also other issues. I am certain many Members here are aware of the other issues pertaining to the roads sector. However, I will pick up the issue on the actual public participation money, other than the others that Members are aware of. Part of them is the issue that was addressed well here by the Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works. I am certain we do not want to delve into it now. However, I will engage the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning on public participation matter. Firstly, he will provide us with the list, so that we can ensure that it is in the counties that we carry out public participation. I can see that Hon. Danson wants to contribute."},{"id":1392946,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392946/?format=json","text_counter":115,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Order, Hon. Danson. The Leader of the Majority Party is on a point of order. Let him proceed."},{"id":1392947,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392947/?format=json","text_counter":116,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. Hon. Danson Mwashako is a seasoned Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. He can tell you that we used to allocate public participation funds for 11 counties per year. By the end of four years, we covered all the 47 counties. There is a budget that is available for that exercise. Ordinarily, we had started with Ksh1.2 billion. In 2019, when I was shipped out of the Budget and Appropriations Committee by the previous regime, we were approaching about Ksh1.82 billion. I know Ksh2 billion is still available for public participation, including this year. However, it is also important that the Budget and Appropriations Committee make it an open and transparent system wherein their report informs the House of the particular counties where they are conducting public participation in a particular year. This will involve and be owned by the Members of Parliament who represent their constituencies. For instance, when the Committee is going to Siaya for public participation, the Leader of the Minority Party should be aware so that he can mobilise the public to attend and give you the projects that are of priority to them. There is always the temptation for people to sit and appropriate resources based on what they think are the peoples’ priorities. When the Budget and Appropriations Committee goes for public participation in the identified counties, the essence is to get issues of pertinent concern to the residents that were not factored in the budget and have them factored in. Unfortunately, we have begun losing the essence of public participation, and we need to get back on the rails. As I said, I will pick up the issue raised by the Leader of the Minority Party with the National Treasury."},{"id":1392948,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392948/?format=json","text_counter":117,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Hon. Members, we will rest that matter for now. Before we move to the next Order, I acknowledge in the House the presence of Othaya Girls Secondary School from Othaya Constituency, Nyeri County, who are seated in the Speaker's Gallery. I also acknowledge the presence of Elburgon Secondary School, which is sitting in the Public Gallery. It is from Molo Constituency, Nakuru County."},{"id":1392949,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392949/?format=json","text_counter":118,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"},{"id":1392950,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392950/?format=json","text_counter":119,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":"Is there any Member of Parliament from Nyeri who can welcome those students?"}]}