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    "id": 1456518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Jehow",
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    "content": " Having said that, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will move to my contribution. First, I would like to thank the Committee for agreeing with the Gen. Zs on budget cuts. Indeed, I appreciate the Gen. Zs for forcing not just Members of Parliament, but Kenyans at large, to live within their means. There are institutions that gained. I applaud the Committee for considering intern doctors, intern JSS teachers and the feeding programme so that our children can be fed. We still need to go further and cut our coat according to our size. There are ministries that are given money, but they have duplication of roles. I may highlight a bit. The Office of the Deputy President is allocated money to regulate alcohol use, and there is also NACADA. Someone will ask: Why would we give the Office of the Deputy President such a huge amount of money when we have NACADA that can fight against drug abuse? It is food for thought. We need to discuss so that we can cut our Budget. We are talking of a lean budget and those are the areas we need to look into. I have heard my sister, Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba, saying that they were given Ksh2 billion for coffee. That has made me think whether those of us who come from the northern part of this country will ever see a day when we will get Ksh2 billion for restocking livestock, or even those who fish or grow miraa. It is something for our Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to consider, so that our livelihood can also be improved."
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