{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137817","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137815","results":[{"id":1394571,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394571/?format=json","text_counter":289,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Who was on the Floor? Hon. Gertrude Mbeyu, Kilifi Woman Representative was on the Floor with eight minutes to go. She is not here. Now the screen is full. I do not know if it is full for this Bill. Hon. Rindikiri Mugambi? He is not here. Hon. Robert Mbui."},{"id":1394572,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394572/?format=json","text_counter":290,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kathiani, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Robert Mbui","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to reject this Bill. What this Bill seeks to do is what the Kenya Kwanza Alliance opposed vehemently during the 2022 campaigns. We were told that this regime would not create offices. We were told that the debate during the last campaigns was between those looking for positions and those responsible and responsive to the needs of the mama mboga, the bodaboda operator and the so- called hustler. What is the reality? When we came into this House, the first order of business was creation of the Office of Prime Cabinet Secretary. Immediately after that was the creation of the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition. Now, this Bill confirms what we have always said – that the intention was always to create offices. The first office being created, which we have said is unconstitutional, is that of the Head of Public Service. The Committee, in its wisdom, rejected some of the proposals. One of them was that the Head of Public Service would become the custodian of the public seal. In essence, you are going to take away the responsibility of the Attorney-General and take it to State House and give it to a person who sits there as a personal assistant to the Head of State."},{"id":1394573,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394573/?format=json","text_counter":291,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]"},{"id":1394574,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394574/?format=json","text_counter":292,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) took the Chair]"},{"id":1394575,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394575/?format=json","text_counter":293,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kathiani, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Robert Mbui","speaker":null,"content":"This was ridiculous. I thank the Committee for having rejected that proposal. The Committee says the proposal does not make sense. More important is the creation of the offices of the CAS. This is an office we have all seen. The purpose of these offices is to reward political losers. Look at what happened in the last Jubilee regime. All people that lost elections and aligned with the regime of the day were given these positions. Hon. Speaker, when we had Assistant Ministers, the late Hon. Kalembe Ndile stood on the Floor of this House and told Kenyans that Assistant Ministers did not have enough work and that their work was just to come here, have tea and read newspapers in their offices. I wonder what has created more work. Is there more work under the current system than before?"},{"id":1394576,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394576/?format=json","text_counter":294,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":" On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1394577,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394577/?format=json","text_counter":295,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" Order, Hon. Mbui. Hon. Melly is on a point of order."},{"id":1394578,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394578/?format=json","text_counter":296,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":" Is it in order for Hon. Mbui to misinform the House with issues raised in local bars? He claims that the late Hon. Kalembe Ndile alluded to Assistant Ministers having come here to have cups of tea as per the norm of the office. As it stands, many substantive offices have been created."},{"id":1394579,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394579/?format=json","text_counter":297,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" Continue, Hon. Member. 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":1394580,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394580/?format=json","text_counter":298,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kathiani, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Robert Mbui","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for asking me to continue. That means you agree that we ignore the point of order. As a country, we need to be careful of the promises we make, and when we make them, we should honour them. There are very many good ideas that come out of the leaders’ mouths. Unfortunately, implementation is the problem. If the Kenya Government was to follow the promises made by leaders, today all our children would be having laptop computers from Grade One all the way to the university level. That was a promise given during campaigns. If promises were to be followed through, our children would be having free primary, secondary and university education. We would also be having free healthcare. Unfortunately, we say one thing when we mean another thing. I feel that this regime’s intention is to reward the UDA politicians who lost in the last election, as well as those who defected from other political parties to the UDA. I oppose this Bill."}]}