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    "id": 1383933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the BPS, 2024, as tabled by the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. First of all, I commend the Chairperson and his Committee for a job well done, and for working round the clock to ensure that the Report is tabled on time before this House. Looking at the BPS, one can appreciate that the Kenya Kwanza Government has lived up to its manifesto. The BPS is actually Wanjiku-centered. It is structured as a value chain, which aims to grow the economy from the bottom up. We commend them for that. I also appreciate all Committees and their Chairpersons for spending a lot of time looking through and engaging the State Departments under their purview to ensure that the BPS, as presented by the National Treasury, meets the timelines. I appreciate that there is a lot of focus that has been put on very critical sectors in the BPS. Those sectors include agriculture, health, transport, energy and other very critical sectors of the economy. When the Kenya Kwanza Government came into power, they changed the policy such that they moved from subsidizing consumption to subsidizing production. We appreciated a huge bumper harvest when the farmers of this country got fertilizer subsidies. I could see from the BPS that the Ministry is still geared towards following the same. We commend them for that. I appreciate that there is money allocated to kick-start the issue of equalization in the BPS. We all know the history of equalization, especially the majority of us who come from pastoralist and marginalized communities. We have not received this money in the last four or so years. There is Ksh7.8 billion that has been allocated for the same in the BPS. That is very commendable. More importantly, the BPS has focused on the critical area of security. We all know how critical security is to our country. There will be no meaningful development if the issue of security is not addressed. I commend the meaningful attention and focus that has been given to security, especially the modernization program, which is aimed at equipping our police and security officers with the tools to enable them to address the security challenges that are facing this country. I have heard a majority of Members, especially those from the North Rift, talking about the same. I can see Mheshimiwa Makilap emphasizing on our security operations in the North Rift. We have not recruited police officers in the last two or so years. There is a proposal in the BPS to recruit 5,000 police officers. This will go a long way in helping this country to tackle insecurity. With the same consideration and looking into the ceilings given by the National Treasury, I want to pinpoint a few gaps. There are critical areas that we, as a Committee, thought they needed to be given more critical consideration. To mention a few, despite a not- bad allocation, the Government Printer is a very critical institution. It will collapse if it is not considered more. Even the Bills we are using in this House, logbooks and title deeds come from there. This is where those things are printed. Let me talk about passports. A majority of Members in this House have raised the same issue. We all know there is a critical problem with The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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