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    "id": 1354351,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, with due respect because my brother, Hon. Saney, is a very important Member of this House, I request that I pinpoint to him where the money is after this. There is Ksh6 billion for emergencies. Such a matter is not a matter to talk about before this House and Hon. Members on issues that are not there. It is so important a matter that no one should play politics with. There is money that the Government of Kenya has already provided for disaster management. As I said before, there is money expressly to be spent from domestic sources, and there is also money from donors. That money is there and it is intact. I agree with Hon. Ferdinand that agriculture is very important. Hon. Mutunga, who is a very good Chair of that Committee, can confirm that he was actually smiling all the way in our Committee. When the other Chairpersons came wailing because of the cuts, Hon. Mutunga was one of the gainers in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. That money is allocated into inputs and value chains, all the way into post-harvest management. I also agree with Hon. Bowen Kangogo on equity. There is money for coffee farmers and tea farmers because fertiliser money also incorporates tea farmers. There is money for cashewnuts, for the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) majorly taking care of the pastoralists and the dairy farmers. The entire Kenyan map is actually in this Supplementary Budget. In terms of security, we have added Ksh6.3 billion into police modernisation. That money will go a long way into assisting areas facing challenges. I also agree with my brother, Hon. Atandi, who is a very committed member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. He is also doing very well in Alego Usonga Constituency. He is among the best performing Members of Parliament in Kenya. We have already allocated money to all the issues he spoke about around security, so that our country can be secure. Hon. Makilap, I think I have answered most of it in terms of emergency and restocking…"
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