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    "id": 1442933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that my colleagues who have spoken before me have said what we need to do. In all honesty, no one that I know asked for that increment. Personally, I never asked for the Kshs14,000 increment. It is to be tone-deaf if we are going to insist that we get that increment this year or even next year when the economy is in the doldrums and when many Kenyans have nothing to put on the table. I also support the proposal by hon. Members who have spoken before me that we formally resolve that the Senate is not interested in any additional salary in this financial year. Secondly, we need to re-look at our budget in this House and see where we can make major concessions and cuts so that members of public can feel that we are lessening the burden and not increasing it. I will give a personal example and, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will forgive me if I am giving out House secrets. When I became the Deputy Minority Whip, I was allocated a GK vehicle. On the first day that I used it to go home, I passed through the Express Way. I was shocked at the amount that is on my Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) card for my parliamentary car. As of this morning when I used the same vehicle to come here, my card had Kshs377,000. It does not make sense at all. What we should do is that MP and the staff of Parliament have to be honest with Kenyans in the way the budgets of Parliament are prepared."
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