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    "id": 126966,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "The third objective of this Bill is that a country that is poor like ours cannot afford an expanded Cabinet. We can make serious savings if we reduced the size of the Cabinet. In fact, the memorandums are saying there would be no additional expenditure that the Bill would incur. It is not even a matter of additional expenditure, we are actually going to reduce the current expenditure because on average every Cabinet Minister, will make a saving of about Kshs350,000 which is just personal emoluments. We are still talking about vehicles, running the cost of those vehicles, chase cars and bloated security. The cost is enormous. But hopefully, we will save this money. In so doing, the people of Turkana and many other places who are dying from famine and, cholera, among other diseases, will be able to get sufficient supplies to handle their issues. I, therefore, wish to urge my colleagues Members of the Tenth Parliament, because they occupy a special and unique role in the Kenyan society, to pass this Bill. They should stand with me and the nation to ensure that this is the way to go. We must limit the number of offices. This Bill has four parts and eight clauses. It is a very small Bill. It is a Bill because of the confines of the Constitution. Our neighbours, Uganda, have actually limited the number of Ministers in their Constitution to 21. Our neighbours, Tanzania, have also limited their own Ministers in their Constitution. It is only Kenya because of the imperial Presidency that never limited the numbers of Ministers. This Bill has nothing to do with removing Members from the Coalition Government. This has nothing to do"
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