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    "id": 1374114,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "2022 election; number three was the reconstitution of the IEBC; and number four was fidelity to political parties and respect for political parties. As a Member of the Azimio Coalition, I must disclose to this House that the coalition had its Parliamentary Group Meeting and deliberated on this Report, and the words that were used by my Leader of the Coalition were that the Report of the National Dialogue Committee was imperfect and unfinished, but a good start. That same description is what was endorsed by the Central Committee of the Orange Democratic (ODM) Party, for which I am the Secretary-General (SG) and we adopted that term and said, yes, this Report is imperfect and unfinished, but it is a good start. As the Secretary General of ODM, I have to disclose here that we were extremely proud of the work that was done by the negotiation team because, out of the 31 proposals that ODM and Azimio Coalition made to NADCO, 18 of them were taken on board. I can see them in the Report representing at least 58 percent of our issues and that is why we say it was imperfect and unfinished, but a good start. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of cost of living, we, in the opposition, have always thought that it was easier on the mwananchi for us to look at reducing the government expenditure as opposed to increasing taxes on the already overburdened mwananchi. Some of those proposals that we made were spoken to by the Senate Majority Leader when he was moving this Motion, and, I will refer to them. First, it was a proposal from the Azimio Coalition to reduce the travel budget of the Government by 30 percent and you will find that recommendation in Paragraph 830(A)(3) of the Report. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we proposed to reduce hospitality, office and general supplies of Government by 25 percent. In fact, our friends joined us halfway and increased it to reduce hospitality and general supplies budget by 50 percent."
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