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    "id": 1051987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank fellow Senators for the contribution they have made to the report. I thank Sen. Wambua who is a journalist by profession. Maybe I should have said that year in, year out, we do this kind of a process. Every other Senator starting with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. all the way to Sen. Cheruiyot, Sen. Orengo and the rest who have spoken here have agreed with our report and recommendations that there is need to increase the time that the Senate and, indeed, Parliament, is given to look at and deliberate the BPS. As a Committee, we will seek an amendment to the PFM Act, so that we increase the days from 14 to 28. . Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, many Senators have agreed that the BPS is a bit ambitious to the extent that Senators like Sen. Halake said that it is not citizen-friendly. This is because it does not address the actual strategies that will be used to put money into people‘s pockets and food on their tables. As a Committee, we will look at areas that we can improve by way of bringing Motions and Bills to the Senate, so that we can continuously improve on the way we treat the BPS. Sen. Cheruiyot said that probably this is one of the very critical debates that the Senate should be taking seriously and spending more time in telling Kenyans how the economy will grow. In my younger days, I heard the late Prof. Wangari Maathai say politics is so important, especially when it comes to budget, because it is us – by passing some of this taxation – who will determine the price of salt; the basic commodity that we all use in our homes."
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