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    "id": 1077057,
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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": "Therefore, together with them and the ministry, we processed the Department of Rail Programme which is Kenya Railways and we are proposing to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and to this House to approve for them Kshs34 billion. Further, for marine transport which is KPA, we are proposing that this House agrees with us to approve Kshs23 billion to them. Finally, NTSA which was taken to the Department of Security but in terms of functions in accordance with Standing Order No. 216 they are with us, we are proposing that this House agrees with us that we approve Kshs2.725 billion for the state department for the functions which are detailed in the Budget and Appropriations Committee Report and also in our report. I want to raise the critical issues that emanated from the debates in the entire budget-making process from the time we were deliberating on the Budget Policy Statement. I want this House to understand this. By experience, where the rubber touches the road or the wearer of the shoes knows where it pinches, it is this House. Every parliamentarian in this House wants a road for his people and even for himself. It is roads that touch every Kenyan in this country. There is an argument that it is this department and ministry that gets a lot of the budget but if you look at it, everybody wants a road. Even when I walk around and as I go for tea in this House, I always hear an Hon. Member say, ‘Hon. Chairman, there is no road here, the contractor is moving or there is a stalled road somewhere’. I actually think roads account for the biggest share of stalled projects, yet it is the most needed. When you look at the budget, which I have just read, about Kshs190 billion goes to infrastructure, that is, roads. We need to reason together. Out of the Kshs 190 billion, about 57 billion goes to recurrent budget. We are then left with about a budget of Kshs 120 billion. Out of the Kshs120 billion, which we are seeking to approve, there is a pending bill of Kshs91 billion. Simple mathematics will tell you that we are seeking to approve barely 30 billion to roads in the 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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