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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have a lot of issues to put across. First and foremost, we are having this Supplementary Budget at an unprecedented time. First, it comes at a time when the Finance Bill, 2024, was constitutionally rejected. Now the House has to reconsider the Appropriations Bill, 2024 so that it can march the tax regimes of the 2023/2024 Financial Year. I laud the Budget and Appropriations Committee for having done the compilation of all this. I also thank the various Chairpersons of Committees of the National Assembly and, more specifically, the Departmental Committees who sat and looked at every change that was brought into these Supplementary Budget Estimates. The changes were occasioned by, first of all, a reduction of the taxes that were removed. Most of the taxes that were removed amounted to Ksh300 billion. In effect, this was going to affect how the appropriations were going to be undertaken across the country. I want to point out that, as much as the issues that were raised by the Gen Zs were affecting the general populace, we also need to know that each and every item that is before us has to be scrutinised to make sure that it is for the public good. As I look at this, let me go straight away to some issues that are affecting farmers and, more specifically, coffee. I come from a region where coffee is one of the mainstay crops, and the Government has allocated about Ksh2 billion to the Coffee Cherry Fund. This is going to assist many farmers to make sure that they are able to pick their coffee, get advances, fertilizer in their farms and thus increase production. The other crop which is very important is sugar-cane. The Government has given Ksh1 billion for sugar reforms in this particular sector. In my constituency, nearly 70 per cent of residents are sugar-cane farmers. Those farmers are facing significant issues 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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