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    "id": 1458005,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1458005/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdul Haro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to put my voice to this important debate. First of all, given where we have come from as a country and the circumstances under which the Finance Bill 2024 was rejected, the Budget and Appropriations Committee and its Chair have done a wonderful job in trying to balance our budget for the Financial Year 2024/2025. I am particularly impressed that the school feeding programme under the Ministry of Education has been given Ksh3 billion to continue feeding our students, especially those who come from food insecure areas and those from our informal settlements. It is a very good initiative. Despite the challenges we have, we were able to maintain the school feeding programme, which is a very good initiative. I am also very happy that the 46,000 JSS intern teachers are going to be confirmed as permanent and pensionable. We are going to recruit another 20,000 interns. This is also very crucial because education is a very important sector. I am also very happy that the budget has considered salaries for the health personnel under the Universal Healthcare programme. We have about 8,500 Universal Healthcare staff who have been serving for the last four years, sacrificing and giving essential service to Kenyans at half salary. They have had to forgo a lot of benefits which their colleagues who are on permanent contracts with the counties are enjoying. Now, finances have been factored in the budget for the Universal Healthcare staff. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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