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    "id": 1006676,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "and yet works had already been committed to be done. So, where do you expect that money to come from when it was in the Budget? Normally when it is in the budget, people make commitments. The money was committed and works were going on in Mukuru Kwa Njenga. Maybe going forward, so that people do not bring this issue of Supplementary Estimates III, I would suggest that when the National Treasury reallocates the entire amount of money like what happened in the State Department for Housing, the Budget and Appropriations Committee should give us an opportunity to appear before them and engage with the National Treasury before the Committee, so that we can reason together to avoid the idea of Supplementary Estimates III. I raised the matter during the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates II and I opposed the reallocation, but the Budget and Appropriations Committee was in a hurry. Otherwise, I want to be on record, on behalf of my able Committee, that there is nothing unusual. That money was reallocated. Number two, on the commuter railway, there is Kshs1.3 billion in this Supplementary Estimates III and there is nothing unusual. The Ministry was already going on with the project. The reason I want to put weight on that is that as we open the country, hopefully by the end of the week, the biggest challenge will be in the transport sector. It will be a big challenge to keep social distancing in matatus or buses. Remember these buses are private. They are not Government owned. The risk, therefore, is that the private sector will be motivated by profits and they might even fail to observe the social distancing protocols. Because COVID-19 is here with us, we do not know when it will go away, we should plan as a people and the Government should lead the process. That is why the Government is leading in doing the entire commuter railway in Nairobi, so that it is easier to implement the protocols that we need to observe in the country. That is why I want to be on record as the Chairperson of the Committee that there is nothing unusual. It is just because we need to plan. Somebody said earlier that planning is important. Yes, we need this money so that we can implement a proper transport system that will promote the social distancing that we require in this country. With those few remarks, Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is nothing unusual and I support."
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