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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kigen",
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        "legal_name": "Luka Kipkorir Kigen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise here to make my contribution in respect to the Budget that was read by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance a few days ago. I would like to say that this was a mwananchi’s Budget. It was intended to take resources from a centralized point to the people at the grassroots. It is money that will bring a lot of development to the beneficiaries. For a long time, money has been administered without necessarily taking into account the interests of the people at the grassroots level. This means that the projects that are initiated may not necessarily be influenced by the need on the ground. The Minister has devolved resources down to the people. If what we have observed through the usage of the CDF and the transformation it has brought to the lives of the people, is anything to go by, then it is definitely going to be very useful in the development of this country. It will bring revolution in the countryside. It will also bring equity in this country. For a long time, the inequity has contributed to conflict that we have had. I can assure you equity is one way of bringing about harmony in the country. There will be less conflict now because the major cause of problem in this country has been because of distribution of resources. The struggle for leadership has been over management of the resources of this country. Now that the resources are going to every part of this country, there will be equitable distribution of resources. There is need to have a new Constitution. The new Constitution has envisaged that with devolved power and resources, people of this country will be in charge of their own affairs. They will decide what needs to be done for them. So, the Budget is good for the people of this country. I want to thank the Minister for allowing the people to participate in decision making as concerns the usage of resources in this country."
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