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    "id": 1431486,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion on Consideration of the Second Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2023/2024. I also congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee led by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. We really worked hard to make sure that this Supplementary Budget is up-to-date. There were issues in it that we addressed. We allocated money to support ministries, especially on the issue of emergency. We had El Nino in our country, which came before we planned for it. We were told about the El Nino which came before we could plan for it. The National Treasury and the ministries concerned were forced to make sure that they had some emergency money to deal with El-Nino and the floods. This issue has really affected many people, and we need to ensure that that our people have basic needs like shelter and necessities like blankets. This will ensure that they have places to call home because they were majorly affected by floods, and were not able to salvage anything as far as those issues were concerned. In my constituency, I have areas that were seriously affected by floods. Mathare, Taita and Tana River too were affected. As a Committee, it is prudent for us to budget and allocate funds for emergency so that in times of emergency, we can help our people. We were able to allocate money to the concerned ministries, and especially to schools which were destroyed by floods. We appropriated about Ksh450 million to assist these schools so that they can rebuild their infrastructures, and ensure that students go back without any hindrances because it was something that was unplanned for. We did not see it coming, but we had to ensure that it was in the budget. We ensured they had enough resources so that they can rebuild their infrastructure so that our students can go back to school. We believe in our education system. Our children are the next leaders of this Republic. We allocated about Ksh450 million for the structure renovation in this Supplementary Budget. We also allocated money towards the insurance of our policemen who have been doing a great job for this Republic. Every time we have insecurity issues, we always go to them for assistance, and therefore, it was important for the Committee to allocate some money for them. They risk their lives. Sometimes they fight with the bandits and ensure that the borders of our nation are secure. When there are insecurities in our villages, we run to them for help. Therefore, it was important for the Committee to appropriate the insurance funds so that the police officers can be insured in case of any emergencies within their line of duty or probably, when they are sick they can be attended to. They do not have to think about securing our nation and at the same time about how they will pay their hospital bills and that of their families in case need arises. Therefore, as the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs, we thought it important for us to appropriate money for their insurance and ensure that they have a safety net in case of emergency. 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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