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    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": "the things that is ailing us. For instance, someone buys a vehicle from Toyota Kenya at KshX. But if someone else goes through Government procurement, the vehicle will have a 20% mark up. We need to address that. The Committee must look at it. Corruption is a major issue and I thank the Committee because they are pinpointing the loopholes. I have now pointed out procurement as one of the loopholes. The pending bills is another bottomless can. There are some guys who cannot account for what they did. There is a contractor in my constituency who has done nothing, but I think he has been paid at least three-quarters of the value of the road. It is very unfortunate. I also want to speak to the misdirecting of resources on things that can be corrected, and I want to quote Kenya Airways. We have spent a lot of money on Kenya Airways, year-in, year- out, but nobody has an answer as to what is ailing it. This is a very important sector in our country, and Kenyans expect that in every financial year, Kenya Airways will always be given money by the Exchequer. You are striving to salvage an entity that is swallowing Kenyans tax payers’ money, year-in, year-out, while nobody is coming out to pinpoint the problem with Kenya Airways. Those who come out to pinpoint whatever is ailing Kenya Airways are either sacked or removed. It is an aspect of misdirection of resources and corruption at the same time. I think we need to address these matters. Thirdly, I would like to state that I support the President; that we cannot start new projects when the old projects are incomplete. And the budget that I am seeing here with the Chairperson has incomplete projects. We should first finish the incomplete projects. Kenyans have lived with those incomplete projects for over 20 years. We can wait for one more year. We are ready to tighten our dressing, driving and eating habits. This budget has brought in the element of equality and equity. This is something that has not been there. It is addressing areas that are said to be marginalised and those that require affirmative action and intervention. I would like to thank the Committee for this affirmative action on the allocation of resources for electricity. It is very unfortunate that we are where we are. In my Constituency, Buuri, we are 35 per cent connected, and I was very happy when the Finance Bill 2024 was addressing this matter. But the people were given the wrong information. We had given our people a lot of hope. My constituents expected a lot of connectivity. I want to thank God because I have 15 minutes, not five. This Budget is geared towards that. This country will be in a lot of problems in the long term because of climate change. I thank the Committee for emphasising this. The most mismanaged sector in this country is education. I would not like the Chairman to run away from hearing this. He has spent a lot of time talking about the problems in the Ministry of Education and yet, he is in charge of it in this Parliament. Right now, the information out there is that..."
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