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    "id": 1134142,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ledama",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I will not support this BPS because of the reasons that I have given, which I want to summarize. First, I cannot support a BPS that seeks to kill SMEs. It is proposing borrowing 4 per cent of the Kenya’s GDP locally. They should borrow elsewhere. Secondly, the issue of concurrence of Bills is very important. During the budget- making process, which is where we are now--- I want to borrow the words of my colleague, Sen. Wetangula, that all 47 elected Senators, including the ones who were not elected, who form part of the delegations, should actually be here to go through the budget-making process. We should pay attention to what is brought to this House, so that we save our people. I want to ensure that the people of Narok County get services they need in healthcare in terms of the hospitals, which are build there. However, the County Government of Narok should also play a role and not just be a bystander. A lot of money has not been sent to county governments, but we are sitting here happy waiting to pass the BPS, yet we cannot ask questions. What will happen with the conditional grants that have not been sent to the counties? The fight between the National Assembly and the Senate should end. When we came up with a Bill on conditional grants, the National Assembly came up with a framework. What does that tell us? Two elephants are fighting; who will suffer? It is the grass. The people in the counties who are supposed to be benefitting from the conditional grants will not benefit from them unless we end this thing. We are going into the next financial year, yet services that are supposed to be rendered in the last financial year have not been rendered. This is why on an annual basis; the National Assembly will come up with a supplementary budget at any given time. We have come of age as a nation with intelligent and educated leaders. We can develop budgets that do not require supplementary at every given time to fit interest. Thirdly, I want to reiterate the issue of concurrence. I am glad that at least, as a Senate, we have an opportunity to go through this Budget Policy Statement. However, in terms of concurrence of Bills--- I always support the Judiciary, but in this case, the decision that was rendered by the Court of Appeal, overruling the decision of the Supreme Court in terms of concurrence will kill this Parliament. I am aware that there is a Huduma Bill, which is dangerous. It will convert all immigration officers into National Integrated Identity Management Systems (NIMS). How dare you say that a passport is a primary document? It is not. The primary document is the national identification and the birth certificate. When you come in and add a passport, then it means that although it is a primary document, it is okay for it to keep on changing the number. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know in your time of travelling and you have travelled all over the world--- You have probably exhausted about three or four passports. You have not maintained the same number. We need to go to the time when we can look at everything. The reason I am raising the issue of the Huduma Bill is because it will"
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