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    "id": 1458038,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1458038/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "I thank the Members of Parliament for that selflessness. Some had even volunteered to have their salaries reduced. It is only that there were issues around the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and Parliament. What the Members of this 13th Parliament have shown is patriotism. Judiciary has also lost. Today, we had a far-reaching ruling from the Judiciary in regard to the Finance Bill of 2023 – not even the Finance Bill, 2024. This clearly communicates to this House and Kenyans that as we do Supplementary (No.2), we are likely to cut the budget further if we were to go back to the Finance Bill of 2022. We are obedient Kenyans. If the Judiciary says we cannot proceed with it, then we are likely to come back to this House probably, in the next one or two months to cut the budget further. And these cuts would be across. All the two levels of Government are likely to lose. All the arms of Government - Executive, Parliament and Judiciary will all take a haircut and some may actually have their heads chopped because we need to contain ourselves within what Judiciary has ruled. Therefore, as we wait for that time, our homework as this House is one, let us continue finding out where we need more cuts. We need more cuts by cutting the size of Government. Parastatals have to be less. We need more cuts in Parliament and Judiciary because we need to live within the rule of law as was said here, today, by our courts even as we explore how to grow our economy."
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