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    "id": 1456709,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chesumei, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Biego",
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    "content": "The Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) was given a little allocation of Ksh500 million. On the new KCC milk mop up… The Ksh1.5 billion that was allocated to farmers is a big gain to the farmers without forgetting the money that was allocated for sugar reforms. I believe that there are good things that have been put in these Supplementary Estimates. Unfortunately, we will all bear the weight of the hard decisions that have been brought by the failure of the Finance Bill. It has called for more austerity measures and drastic budget cuts like what we are seeing now. The budget cuts are on critical areas that will definitely harm the economy. The most hit areas include transport, agriculture, education and health. We know that they form the backbone of this country’s economy. I do not know who to blame because when we received the funds that passed the first budget, everyone was happy and smiled. That was unfortunate. However, we have heard the concerns of the Generation Z on accountability and corruption which are key. The Bill was killed as a result of inadequate civil education that paved way for negative marketing. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning, we took into consideration what the stakeholders gave us. All the contentious issues were dropped. Nevertheless, one of the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said that this will be done at a later stage after a year or two. As a first time Member of Parliament, I was happy about each constituency receiving Ksh50 million for electricity. I come from Chesumei Constituency in Nandi County where 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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