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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support this Motion on the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates I for the Financial Year 2024/2025. I appreciate the Chairman and the Committee for bringing in a mitigative supplementary budget that is going to cushion our expenditure as we collect the revenues in this country to run the Government. I wish to bring to the attention of the House three things. Number one, budget cuts are supposed to guide budgeting towards minimising on non- essential areas and concentrating on essential areas during this time of austerity measures. I wish to join other speakers in saying that even when we exercise that discretion of budget cuts, we should be sensitive to important areas that may not be allowed and yet, they are equally important. We have ministries that, over time in various regimes in the past, have never been considered essential. They include ministries touching on young people. We have had an experience with our younger people expressing themselves and it is time that when we consider our budget, we should increase it in those areas. The Ministry of Sports for example. The other Ministry has got to do with the preservation of our identity as a nation and that is dealing with culture. I happen to be a member of the Departmental Committee and we witnessed how much budget cuts were done on those ministries. These are ministries that touch on essential areas in the management of our country. Therefore, I would wish to request that the Budget and Appropriation Committee reconsider some of the areas where the budget cuts have affected those activities that would have accommodated the needs of our young people. Secondly, there is a consideration of safety features in risk management in our premises as Parliament. Again, I wish to draw the attention of the Budget and Appropriation Committee to whether or not it is available in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). I am one of those who consume facilities that require persons with disability to access important exits or entrances into these buildings. There are two areas in this building. When we have students coming up here into the Speaker’s Gallery, the area of entrance and exit is complicated. We would like to have the attention by the Budget and Appropriation Committee to add to this Supplementary Budget 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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