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    "speaker_name": "Narok West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, I was saying that having appreciated a lot of development and the good things that have been considered, in the policing sector, where we had anticipated to do a lot of reforms to enable our security agents perform their duty more effectively, money for modernisation is lacking. It has a zero budget. In fact, it is good to note that even the money for crowd management, such as for teargas and protective gears, is zero in this Budget. I kindly plead with the Chairman that when we get to the Committee on Supply, we look for some money to enable police officers to get tear gas and protective gears for crowd management and cyber security, as was said by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Information, Communication and Innovation. I do not want to pre-empt debate, but I know the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is equally concerned about this programme that was not really considered. We had a very good restocking programme, especially among the pastoralist community that was affected by cattle rustling. Initially, we had about Ksh2 billion, which has been removed. I kindly call on this House and the Chairman and Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to look around whether we can get some small money to enable the pastoralist community to restock. That is their source of livelihood. I do not want to pre-empt, but the issue of equalisation is not bad. Restocking is very important to pastoralist communities. I can see my colleague Hon. Peter Lochakapong agreeing. Farmers and pastoralists lost many herds of cattle and crops during the drought. Others suffered cattle rustling. I beseech and call upon the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and this House to look around where they can get some Ksh2 billion or so, so that we can have money for the restocking programme. This is a budget-making House. I am sure we can get some money to put into that programme. Having said that, I support the Report and commend all chairpersons who participated to make this possible. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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