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    "id": 146460,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Budget Speech but would also like to make a few comments. My commendation goes straight to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for such an unprecedented Budget. I say it is unprecedented because it is the first time that the Minister has made constituency the focal point of development. I want to take the Minister’s words because this is a step that once taken, there is no reverse gear. The rest of the country is looking forward to a better and stronger devolution than the apparent one that we have right now. I believe the Minister is intent in giving conditional grants to the line Ministries with direct instructions that these reach respective constituencies. We are looking forward to that reality. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Committee, we are very happy that the Minister lived up to his word that he is ready to work with Parliament and the Committee. True to his words, today I am reliably informed that we have the Fiscal Management Bill assented to. I want to congratulate the President and the Minister for having worked so hard to ensure that the Budget process is democratized. On our side, I must say the Committee is looking forward to seeing an arithmetically correct Budget. We are looking forward to seeing a fiscally and monetary sound Budget. We are looking forward to seeing an economically sensible Budget. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must say from the outset, that it is not the intention of this Committee to frustrate the efforts of the Executive. We know the Executive has a duty to run the Government and this House has a duty to ensure that the Government runs well on behalf of the people of Kenya. We have complimentary roles. We want to do this work in the best interest of this country because the Executive belongs to this country, the House belongs to this country and Members of the Committee also belong to this country. We all have a duty to improve the welfare and living standards of the people of this country. I know the Fiscal Management Bill is coming rather belatedly for this Budget. However, I must put it on record that that is an indication of goodwill on the part of the Executive. We would now require that we dry run the Fiscal Management Bill so that in next financial year, we are able to operationalize it. On that note, I want to ask the"
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