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    "id": 1216932,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for noting that I am the Member for Alego Usonga. I will be very brief. I rise to support the Report on the Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2022/2023 as presented by our Chairperson. I have been in this House since the last term. The Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, is a very competent man. I like the way he oversaw the process of preparing this Report. The Budget and Appropriations Committee has given prominence to reports from departmental committees. The reports that were presented to us by the departmental committees were adopted as they were because of the leadership of the Chairperson. Many Members have spoken about Article 223 of the Constitution. The Constitution outlines how expenditures are supposed to be incurred. The Office of the Controller of Budget is a sleeping office. Parliament must find a way of strengthening that office. When we were going through this Budget, the Controller of Budget told us that she approved some of the payments when the gun was put on her head. I disagree with her. The person sitting in that office appears to be incompetent and something needs to be done. Secondly, people are talking about the rising cost of living. This is something that we discussed during the campaigns. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you were part of us in Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Party and we promised that when we take over power, we will reduce the cost of living. The ruling party also promised that they would reduce the cost of living. But we do not seem to know how to do it. If you look at this Budget, we are living with a time bomb. If we will not be able, as a House, to help poor Kenyans afford meals, there will be no need to sit here writing a budget. In this Budget, you will agree that there is no subsidy on fuel and"
}