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    "id": 144061,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to the new Standing Orders, we, as hon. Members, are expected to scrutinize the Budget and interrogate the same. So, this is a special adjournment, whereby the hon. Members of various Departmental Committees will move into Committees so that they are able to find enough time to discuss and deliberate on this. This, therefore, means that Ministers and Assistant Ministers will be relatively free to visit other parts of the country. I encourage our Ministers in this Government to move out and inspect the projects that fall under their Ministries. We have been talking about the CDF. Most of the projects out there are funded by the CDF. We pass Budgets in this House but many a times, you will discover that the money does not trickle down to the grassroot. I encourage Ministers to make a follow up of the approved projects in their Ministries to find out whether they are being implemented. I have in mind the Ministry of Roads which disburses a lot of money to the districts and yet, we do not see much on the ground. The same applies to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. A lot of money is allocated to our constituencies in the Budget, but at the end of it, we do not see much. It"
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