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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I.M. Muoki",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Mulatya Muoki",
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    "content": "I would like to start by thanking the members of this Committee, starting with the Chairman who is out of the country and also members of this committee, some of whom are here and others who are committed elsewhere for doing a very good job. I laid the Report of this Committee on the Table of this House yesterday. I am sure in that Report, which I believe Members have, we have other detailed recommendations and observations. Therefore, I would not like to spend a lot of time repeating the same issues that we discussed with the Minister and the Ministry officials in our meetings when we were scrutinizing this budget. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister and his team who were very cooperative and punctual. When we called the Minister, he was there very early with his team. We really saw commitment on the part of the Minister. As a Committee, we were very happy. I would like to thank him and the team from his Ministry. However, I would like to make a few observations. I would like to start with areas which the Committee felt were left out and which we thought were important. Some of these areas have been mentioned by the Minister. Although it might look small, one of the areas that was left out was on the component of local Presidential visits. You know that when the President, Prime Minister and the Vice-President visit various areas of this country, there is what is required to facilitate the visit. I am talking about the dais, carpet, tracks, twin-mobile toilets, generators and so on. These items were not adequately budgeted for. We need to facilitate the Minister for Public Works in order that he functions effectively. When such demands come from his seniors, I am sure he is bound to oblige. If he has no funds, he may have to reallocate from somewhere. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area that was omitted is the purchase of vehicles for field supervision. This is the Ministry given the role of supervision of buildings and public works. Without transport, we would not expect much"
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