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    "speaker_name": "Changamwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mwinyi",
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    "content": "We should also look at the budget that we are purporting to make or contribute to as a House. We know that we do not control these budgets. Even the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee come up with recommendations, but they are thrown into dustbins. This is very well known. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there are ministries and other organisations which are given funding that they cannot absorb. However, interestingly, they ask for more funds the following year and we disburse them. So, we are also culpable because we are contributing towards the pilferage of the funds that we collect which are supposed to be used for the development of the country. It is now common knowledge in this country that every Government comes up with a manifesto which does not reflect the original goals of the country. For example, education, water and health goals were set up during Independence. However, we deviate from them. This is similar to what my other colleague, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban planning and Public Works, was contributing about the hustler fund. How does it benefit this country? If we spend that money on health, education or improving infrastructure, it will contribute immensely to this nation. So, we should deviate from cheap politics and politics of deceit. We should get away from that because we are now in the 21st Century. We are supposed to come up with measurable and profitable policies which will make this country to move forward. We do not know the kind of manifesto the next Government will come up with which definitely will not help this country to develop. As Africans or Kenyans, we are used to cheering our political leaders. I can remember the days of Nyayo. He would come up with an idea where everyone cheered and said it was very good and nice. When it was opposed and got some traction, the President would retract and everybody would praise him for being wise and having foresight. This is also happening. We can see our colleagues who were very vehement in supporting the Finance Bill, 2024 and when the President receded, they also cheered him up. We, as a House, should stop to cheer our leaders when they are wrong. We should state our position because we are supposed to think and use our faculties. We are supposed to know what is good and what is bad for this country. If we continue with this habit of cheering our political leaders, then we will not take this country anywhere. Our education does not address the needs of our people currently. You find everybody who has a degree is expecting to be employed, yet we know very well that employment opportunities are very scarce. There must be a change in the way our students are being trained, so that they do not depend on employment. We, as a country, must also be honest. The political class should also be very honest. We have cases today like the allegation of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) being on sale. The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) which is a profitable organisation is being 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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