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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to support very briefly the extension of time. Contrary to what our Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot has said, it is not the problem of the Committee on Finance and Budget. The Standing Committee on Energy received the BPS yesterday. When we looked at and analysed it, there were many issues. We were told that by Thursday, we should have finished and given our report to the Committee on Finance and Budget. We had many questions for the Cabinet Secretary. For example, how are they intending to make Kenya Power Company more profitable? It has huge debts and yet, they are talking about allocating it more funds. There are many issues within the petroleum sector as well. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are still being told to give our report by Thursday. There was no opportunity to bring in the Cabinet Secretary to clarify why his Ministry is asking for the kind of money they are asking for, their justifications and what is needed to do. We need more time so that we can engage them. It is not possible for us to receive that report on a Tuesday morning and then on a Thursday, we are supposed to give it to the Committee on Finance and Budget. When do you get the Cabinet Secretary or his officers to come and explain what is in the BPS paper? For example, they have said that affordable housing is a critical anchor for our administration yet there is no clear plan in this BPS paper. There are no specifics or explanations on how they are going to fit in those new units, but these new units will require electricity. Right now, we have a shortage of electricity meters and we need the Cabinet Secretary to come and explain all these things before we give the Committee on Finance and Budget our report. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I truly support the extension of time, so that Committees can have the opportunity to engage with State Departments and get clarification on this BPS. This will enable us give a good report which we will debate when it is tabled by the Committee on Finance and Budget."
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