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    "id": 1433726,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriations Bill (National Assembly Bill No.32 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. As Hon. Nyikal has put it, the Bill before us is exactly what we were debating yesterday. I do not need to belabour the point. We now have Supplementary II. It is for tidying up Government finances, especially giving cognisance to the fact that we are crossing the year in June. That is in a few days. A lot has changed, especially around interest rates. Therefore, we had to revise our Consolidated Fund Services to reflect current dynamics in the interest rates market and the exchange rate market. For that reason, we will be moving to the Committee of the whole House so that Members get a chance to contribute to the specifics. I do not wish to belabour the point. All the points we gave yesterday stand. The appropriations we are doing today add Ksh4 billion to fertiliser, some money goes to the security agencies, flood mitigation, and issues around supporting Kenyans heavily affected by the vagaries of weather and excess rains. From what I insinuated before, we also get this money from the Consolidated Fund Services (CFS), where we anticipate to pay lower interest rates than budgeted in the Supplementary Estimates I for our financial obligations, both domestic and external. It is also the same Appropriations Bill that will give authority so that bodyguards and drivers of Members of this House get their fair due of arrears that have been pending from January. As Members know, these people have their own families and livelihoods. Whereas other civil servants are facilitated, bodyguards and drivers of Members have not been receiving their dues because of money constraints. In appropriating the Supplementary Estimates II, we shall be giving authority for them to get their fair dues from January to date, among many other things that I talked about. Generally, this is just to put resources into what affects most Kenyans. In farming, there is fertiliser funding. Education and security sectors are the core of any Government administration and the State. Without further ado, I wish to move and request Hon. Mary Emaase, the Vice-Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to second this Bill."
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