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    "id": 1374038,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "On boundaries delimitation, the committee has recommended that the intervals within which review of boundaries may be done with the resolution of Parliament, investigation of claims of marginalization by the relevant body and made provisions for fast tracking of a legal framework for review of county boundaries as provided under Article 188. There is a Bill already before the Floor of the Senate on this particular issue. Consequently, the two resolutions on that particular matter is, one, a speedy reconstitution of IEBC and, two, setting up of that body as enshrined in Article 188. On the outstanding constitutional matter, the committee made several recommendations, which centred on providing relief to Kenyans with regard to the cost of living and how to rationalize Government expenditure. It is important for colleagues to know so that later on, when the Clerk of the Senate applies some of the reprieve to taxpayers’ provisions that are in this report, you do not hang members of our staff. Sometimes, even for a one-hour flight, Members insist that they must travel in business class. As part of the cost saving measures, it is the proposal of this Committee that any flight below four hours will be travelled in economy class so as to save Kenyans the thousands. You know how much you spend. This is not to Parliament alone, but to anybody who travels on taxpayers’ money. That is the whole conversation about it. There are many other measures including certain levies on petroleum products. There are about two or three levies that we have recommended removal of. Unfortunately, we have no say on that one because it is purely a tax matter, which will be handled by the “Lower House”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is developing of national policies to enhance agricultural productivity, local manufacturing to reduce over dependence on imports. For those that made it to the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) meeting today, we were being informed that for the very first time, food items are now competing with fuel in imports. How can we live like a supermarket and yet, we do not have as much money as those Arabs who have oil? How can we be importing more food than fuel? It speaks to dwindling fortunes of the farmer and irrelevant agricultural practices over the years. There are proposals on how to reverse that and first of all, make us food secure as a country."
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