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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Any county governor who has enlisted a primary healthcare facility, be it a Level 1, 2 or 3 hospital under the Social Health Authority, allows any Kenyan within that locality to walk into that dispensary, receive treatment and go home without paying a single coin. This Ksh13 billion is available to provide free treatment at any healthcare facility. Additionally, if someone is involved in an accident, there is another Ksh10 billion allocated to the Emergency, Chronic, and Critical Illnesses Fund. If I am registered under the SHA, I will now receive free treatment for emergencies or chronic illnesses 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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"content": "in dispensaries or health centres up to Level 4 facilities. All of this is outlined under the SHA platform. With that, I beg to support and urge members to support these Budget Estimates, even as we look forward to considering the revenue estimates when the Finance Bill is eventually tabled before us by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I would also like to congratulate our Budget and Appropriations Committee for the good work and the huge effort that they put into rationalising our expenditures with our revenue estimates to give us a product that will be good for the economy, even as we continue to grow our economy from the bottom up through the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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"content": " Hon. Aseka."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues and my Chairman in supporting the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2025/2026. This Budget provides for approximately Ksh4.3 trillion, with Ksh405 billion allocated to our counties, Ksh1.3 trillion allocated to Consolidated Fund Services (CFS), and approximately Ksh10 billion allocated to the Equalisation Fund. So, if you look at this Budget, key programmes that support the development of this country have been captured. The Budget provides funds for the subsidised fertiliser, which will go a long way in addressing food insecurity. This Budget also provides funds for the recruitment of approximately 20,000 intern teachers who will assist us in our Junior Secondary School (JSS) centres. This Budget provides approximately Ksh6 billion in funds to help employ our Universal Health Care (UHC) nurses on a permanent and pensionable basis. As we consider this Budget, we must also ask ourselves some serious questions about its implementation. It is not about figures. A good budget must be implementable. It is not about passing a Budget that cannot be implemented. With a deficit of Ksh 786 billion, we need to ask ourselves how we will raise these funds and ensure that this Budget is implemented. On the county allocations, it is important to note that accountability is key, as the Leader of the Majority Party has said. I come from Kakamega County. Over the last three years, I have not seen any projects undertaken by the county government, not even a one-door toilet. We must call our governors to order and tell them to stop stealing, to stop taking Kenyans for a ride, and to stop pursuing their own interests and the appetite for looting government resources. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I call upon the National Treasury to ensure that it provides resources and funds for the payment of pending bills. It is very discouraging that many of our suppliers and contractors are languishing in the streets because of non-payment of pending bills. If these bills are not paid, they hinder the growth of the economy of this country. I urge all Members to support this and ensure that we have a robust implementation matrix to ensure that this Budget is implemented to the letter. Thank you, and I support."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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"content": " Hon. Pukose."
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"speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support these Budget Estimates for Financial Year 2025/2026. I am the Vice- Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and I thank my Chairman and colleagues from the Committee for the time and effort they put into analysing this Budget and listening to the various Chairpersons of the other committees. Some of the Chairpersons are here, including Hon. Murugara, Hon. Bowen, Hon. Tongoyo, and Hon. KJ of the Departmental 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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"content": "Committee on Communication, Information, and Innovation, as well as Hon. Nyikal, Chairperson of my former committee, the Departmental Committee on Health. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this has been a very involving budget where chairpersons have engaged their departmental committees. They have appeared before the Budget and Appropriations Committee after listening to their respective Ministries, Departments and Semi- Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs). I would ask the National Treasury to ensure that they release the money in a timely manner, as this has been the biggest problem. They must release the funds on time so that these projects can be implemented. This Budget is very informative. It affects all the parts of this country. It applies equity in it. A total of Ksh2 billion has been allocated for the Coffee Cherry Fund to support the many farmers involved in coffee production. Some farmers may not understand this, and as a result, they may end up borrowing money from banks, which have very high interest rates, making coffee farming a slightly more expensive activity. They should apply for this Fund, which has low interest rates. Additionally, we have provided a fertiliser subsidy of Ksh8 billion. We have also provided a subsidy to the Kenya Seed Company for the provision of maize seeds and other seeds. There is also funding for the mopping up of legumes within the region through the Kenya National Trade Corporation (KNTC), which may also involve the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). A total of Ksh2 billion has been set aside for the sugar sector to ensure that the reforms are implemented. During the recent Madaraka Day celebrations in Homa Bay, His Excellency the President stated that we had not sold out the sugar companies. Instead, we have leased them out to ensure they become productive and turn around the sugar sector. For many years, our farmers, especially those in the Nyanza, Western, and Coastal regions, who have engaged in sugar farming, have not been doing well due to widespread mismanagement and corruption. That has ended up discouraging farmers. We hope that with the Ksh2 billion and the reforms within the sugar sector, things will move in the right direction. We are working under financial constraints and, therefore, in the revenue-raising measures, many people have said we should not borrow more so as not to continue incurring more debts. Therefore, I urge our county governments, especially through the Senate, that the Ksh5.1 billion that is being given to them, plus the additional Ksh69 billion, which is a conditional allocation, be well utilised to see development. If that money is well utilised, we should see development. In the recent conditional additional allocation to the counties, my county, Trans Nzoia, received Ksh96 million for road construction. I hope that the county government will properly utilise that money to ensure that towns like Endebess, Kitale, and Kiminini have properly done roads within their area. As many of my colleagues have pointed out, when you move into the counties or constituencies, it is easy to see a project that has been funded by the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). But it is very difficult to see a project that the counties have done. In this Budget, the NG-CDF money has been enhanced to Ksh58 billion. We hope that the NG-CDF money for this financial year will be released before the end of the financial year. This will ensure that Members can do their projects. We also hope that the funds for the next financial year will be released on time, so that the constituencies can complete their projects. Agriculture is the backbone of this country. With the Ksh8 billion subsidy for fertiliser and the Ksh2 billion allocated to the Kenya Seed Company to subsidise maize seeds, we hope that our food production will increase. This will ensure that Kenya can feed its citizens. That it is food secure. That is what we have achieved since this government took office. We have had good rainfall and good production. I think nowadays we no longer see anyone carrying a"
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"content": "sufuria"
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"speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
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"content": "on their head, saying 'bei ya ugali iende chini .' That is good. My friend, Hon. Oundo, 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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