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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I will reiterate the issue of management, corruption and misuse. Hon. Temporary Speaker, all over the world, especially when you go to the United States of America (USA), the military is accorded a lot of respect. Military men and women are exalted to the extent that they are given priority, even when they board flights or when they receive service in shops. That is the kind of respect and esteem that is accorded to the military in other parts of the world. Unfortunately, in Kenya, we do not value our military as we ought to despite the fact that they do so much for us, internationally and locally. The issue at hand is the many funds that are being created. The justification being given is that it is to ring-fence reimbursed funds for used equipment, and provide funds to support peacekeeping missions all over the world. I hope that the national Government or the Executive does not intend in any way to find means and ways of probably defeating or avoiding the application of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act in the management of the various affairs of this country. It would seem that the idea is to create a separate fund, so that you avoid the provisions of the PFM Act. We hope that, that is not the intention, but that it is just being done to ensure that we have funds readily available to support those soldiers because the call 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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