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    "id": 1456537,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Victor Koech",
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    "content": " Thank you so much. I equally appreciate the opportunity you have given me to add my voice to the ongoing debate on the Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee led by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. I laud them for the good work they are doing. While refusing to assent to the Finance Bill, the President clearly said that austerity measures would follow. Truly, from the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Office of the President, together with the Office of the Deputy President, have faced a huge budget cut to a tune of Ksh4.2 billion. This is a clear indication that our committees undertake what the President says. We were so sad that the JSS intern teachers who have been serving us as a country were going to continue serving under internship. However, the Budget and Appropriations Committee saw it wise and gave us a solution. Our teachers are now a happy lot. It is a clear indication that their confirmation will come through in a few months’ time. Coming from a constituency that greatly relies on dairy farming, I am happy as a Member because money for milk coolers is still available in this Budget. This is a clear indication that mopping up of milk is going to happen. It is going to benefit the farmers from my constituency and dairy farmers within the country. On the same is the issue of internships and making money available in this Budget to recruit more interns. It is a clear indication that this country is moving in the right direction. Thus, ensuring that graduates from the various institutions are going to be engaged somewhere as they gain experience or as we prepare them for future markets. Sadly, it is important to note that whenever we have a budget, we equally have a Finance Bill which translates to a Finance Act which funds the particular budget. We were not able, because we lost the Finance Bill 2024, to allocate money in this Budget for the last mile electricity connections. The money was going to greatly help the constituencies, especially Chepalungu Constituency which I represent. It is important to note that, sadly, we lost Ksh14.5 billion of which each constituency was going to get Ksh50 million. It is now upon the Budget and Appropriations Committee led by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, together with the Members of this House, to look for ways to bring back that money in September so as to ensure 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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