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    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "When we were listening to different Government Departments and Ministries and looking at the faces of the people presenting and seeking to have their budget cuts reinstated, we would wonder and were tempted to ask them: where do you want the Government to raise money from? Because it is in this House that we had differences in regard to pushing for the Finance Bill. We heard what the public said about the Finance Bill that was to raise a certain amount of money, and this had to flow down to the budget cuts. However, you would find officers from some Departments approaching us as they appeared before different committees. I am sure the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee can confirm. You saw people appearing with very weak faces saying, “How do you want us to operate?” It is about time we cut everything, like what the Budget and Appropriations Committee has done. I know it was not very easy because you look at one thing and realise that it is important. You look at another vote and realise that it is also very important. A good example is the recruitment of the JSS teachers. Also, we saw the way police officers were overwhelmed by protesters the other day. That displayed the fact that we need more manpower in the security sector. Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at the challenges in schools, we need new classrooms in JSS. I really think the Budget and Appropriations Committee has a lot of explanation to make on the budget cuts on education. I think Ksh12 billion or rather Ksh10 billion is a little too high in terms of a cut. Maybe we ought to have challenged one area of the cuts and put more emphasis on education because of the schools' needs. So, these challenging times require people to tighten their belts because it is not easy to live normally in abnormal times. Even in this House, there are things that will be affected. We are not going to have foreign travels as much, you know. Our members of staff that needed a bit of some pay rise will also be 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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