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    "id": 1383971,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the chance to reply. I want to thank all the contributors starting with the first one, Hon. Makilap. He is a very intelligent Member of Parliament for Baringo North, just like all the other Members. I also thank all the Committee Members and the Departmental Committee Chairpersons and also our staff from the Parliamentary Budget Office. I can see Mr. Dan Kachumbo, Julie and Dr. Abel are here. They have been very instrumental in this process up to its completion. As I end, just for clarity's sake, as the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and of course, with the consultation especially with the President, we are very happy that we have Ksh12 billion more for electrification. We thought that it is not in our domain as a Committee to know how it will be shared. Therefore, it is now upon Members to decide. Ours was just a proposal that we equally divide a portion of it. However, there is another budget of Ksh6.5 billion over and above the one that is equally distributed that will go into balancing areas that have got low electrification. Another important issue is that, we have added Ksh3.2 billion into immigration department because we have a lot of opportunities outside the country and we need Kenyans, especially those who are taking advantage of those opportunities, to get their passports in a timely manner and more efficiently. I have heard issues around pension. We have allocated Ksh184 billion for pensions. In our recommendations, we have tasked the National Treasury to make the Department of Pensions more efficient. We do not want to see teachers and other civil servants queuing for long hours to get what they actually rightfully contributed for their pensions. I am very grateful to everyone. There is a lot more that we were able to do and I highlighted it when I moved the Motion. On the amount that I highlighted and that is proposed to be allocated to the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), if you divide the Ksh14.5 billion that will go to specific constituencies, every constituency represented here will get Ksh50 million more for electricity. The Member of Parliament will submit a list of priority areas and oversee the projects. That is a thumps-up from the President that this House is made up of men and women who have gone out of our way to make sure our villages are developed. Something else that we have learnt along the process is about equal distribution of resources. Kenya is one and for it to develop as a whole, every part of Kenya has to develop. That is why in the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we neither look at voting patterns nor people’s second names. All Kenyans are the same, equal and pay taxes. That is why on REREC, we propose that the money to be allocated every village in Kenya because Kenya is for all of us and we cannot segregate any part of it on any one basis. Thank you very much. I thank all the Hon. Members. We keep benefiting from their wisdom. Our offices are always open. Even when we just talk, we learn and after learning, we make a better Budget. A better Budget helps all of us and especially the people of Kenya. Thank you very much. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply."
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