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    "id": 1383826,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1383826/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Makilap",
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    "content": "The other important part the Chairman has raised is bringing back about Ksh10 billion to the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). This will go to our constituencies. Governors have encroached on this money for some time. This will change the road network in our country. The roads that are visible in Kenya today are the ones that are done by KeRRA; not county governments. Bringing back Ksh10 billion makes sense to this House and it will cause the development of the road network in our constituencies. Confirmation of interns without going through further interviews is changing the lives of about 56,000 teachers. An additional 20,000 teachers are to be employed. Those people meet learners every day. They are in the villages. The money that will be paid to those teachers will go to our communities. Creating employment for 20,000 people means that we are changing the lives of Kenyans. Reduction of the fiscal deficit to Ksh703 billion is the way to go. We should continue to reduce it so that the country does not continue having a huge public debt. The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) gives us an opportunity, as Parliament, to approve a budget that will distribute resources throughout the Republic of Kenya in the fairest manner. Some of the programmes the Chairman has highlighted are pro-poor people. That is why we want to bring up the rural economies. When we develop rural economies through production, we will get more revenue into our economy and this country will grow economically."
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