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    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Salasya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Report tabled 100 per cent. From the short period of time I have been in Parliament, and I have been involved in the budget-making process at the Committee level, I have observed that there are many things happening behind the scenes. The Ministry will tell you that these are the donor funds. When you ask them of what kind, they will give you examples of tsetse fly control. You ask yourself how essential is it to our country. My understanding is that Parliament needs to establish another office. We have the Office of the Auditor-General and the Office of the Controller of Budget. We also need to establish an independent office in the Constitution to guide us on loans. If you ask to get deeper details about loans, you will not get them. That is why, as a House, we need to come up with an office to control debt in the country. We also need to come up with an office that will guide Members on revenue generation policies so that we avoid the challenges that we went through to come up with the Finance Act of 2023, which cannot even solve the problems that this country is facing. Lastly, you will realise that some of the policies being made by the Executive Arm of Government are as if it has taken over the House. Whatever they bring to the House does not go through scrutiny. It becomes an issue of the majority, who have the numbers. We need to look at how the issue of oil has been dealt with. I can assure you that we called the Cabinet Secretary to come and clarify to the Members of the Committee but he was not bothered. The Government said it would be repaying Government-to-Government loans after six months. However, they have not even factored in the exchange rates. As a country, we need to come out and say ‘No’ to some issues. We thank President Kibaki for the construction of the Thika Super Highway. We need to take loans that will add value to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of our country. Certain projects like the Nairobi Expressway and the Thika Super Highway add value to our GDP. These are the things we ask the Government to consider. Government-to-Government loans will affect this country. 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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