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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "billion. I have enhanced their budget by Kshs40 billion because education to me is the greatest equalizer. Madam Temporary Speaker, this went on and on and on. Tone-deaf and not answering what Kenyans really wanted to hear from the President. Not only were shots fired at innocent young protesters last week, but it seems that in this interview we also saw shots fired at his Cabinet, his Deputy President and even his communications team caught a stray. What are some of the solutions? In response to austerity measures as directed by this Motion, the President has on record made pronouncements of what he plans to do. Young people do not want more dialogue or multi-sectoral groups before he actions what he has already committed to do. On Wednesday, 26th June at press conference, the President committed to do the following: - (1) Reduce expenditure, starting with the Executive Office of the President and extending it to the entire executive arm of the Government. (2) Operational expenditure in the presidency be reduced to remove all allocations for the confidential vote, reduce travel budgets, hospitality, purchase of motor vehicles and renovations, as well as other expenditures. (3) Parliament, the Judiciary and county governments working with the National Treasury, also undertake budget cuts. Madam Temporary Speaker, this clearly shows that the President knows exactly what he needs to do, and precisely, what he needs to focus on. He needs to get rid of corruption, wastage, breaching court orders, misdirected and duplicative pots of money like NG-CDF, which completely usurp the true function of a legislator. Members of Parliament are supposed to legislate and ministries are supposed to implement. No parliamentarian should have a NG-CDF allocation because our role is simple to represent, oversight and legislate. We have no business building markets and roads and hospitals. Get rid of NG-CDF that bastardizes the role of an MP. We also want a repeal of other unconstitutional legislations since this Government came into power. We want leaders to be leaders and not dealers. However, to achieve all this, we also want to hear definitive and strategies, not broad pie-in-the-sky pronouncements. By now, we should already have heard how much he will reduce expenditure in his office. How much will he cut from his travel, hospitality, purchasing of motor vehicles and renovations budget? The President has economic advisors who work for him around the clock and should have crunched preliminary numbers for us to see by now. On Sunday, 30th June, 2024, he was asked on the national television again, if he will reduce his ministers and ministries, to which he replied. I quote: “That is an area that we will have to look into because that is a reality that we will face.” It clearly shows what the President needs to do. Madam Temporary Speaker, for my second proposal, let us go to Article 152 (1) of our Constitution. It states that-"
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