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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": "What happened to our country was not good. Internationally, it has brought us down and has had some negative impact. As a result, we are now experiencing budget cuts that affect every area of the economy. As we do so, we need to make sure that every county becomes more responsible and more accountable. With the CEO and the governors in place, we have a lot of gaps and corruption that is going on. We need to conduct proper audit so that we get rid of issues of ghost workers, corruption, nepotism and other things that are highly practised in all parts of this country, so that we make good use of the resources that God has given us. In the Budget that we passed, in the promotion of local manufacturers, we wanted to create our own wealth. We wanted to increase exports and reduce imports so that we could create our own wealth. Unfortunately, that has not happened. Today, I support this Bill so that we can encourage ourselves to live within our means and use our resources properly. I congratulate Members of Parliament for denying themselves many things. I was in the 12th Parliament. During that time, we had more opportunities. We travelled a lot and we had good things. However, today, it is totally different. We need to know the negative impact of not passing the Finance Bill. It means that there will be minimal development, employment opportunities will be reduced and money that goes into the Ministries will be reduced. We need to tighten our belts. It will be tough and rough. However, we know that one day we will be out of this situation. I want to stop and give the remaining time to other Members to also speak. As I support the Bill, I would like us to remind ourselves that when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Let us remain positive and make sure that we use our resources wisely. Thank you."
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