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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "know where to do it. It should mainly affect the national Government budget and not the county government budget. I used to work in the National Treasury and we had a knife which used to cut allocations to Ministries. However, there was a misunderstanding because some Ministries used to throw big figures outside the ceilings they were given because they knew that the National Treasury would reduce them. They used to give big figures so that if they are reduced, it would come to what they wanted. The National Treasury used to give everything requested as long as they were within their ceilings. If you inflated, we did not know where to cut. Sometimes we could reduce some of the most essential ones. That is what Members of the National Assembly are doing. They are cutting the most essential ones. They are attacking roads, industrial parks, and community health workers. These are areas which should be no-go zones when it comes to reduction by the National Assembly. These are areas which should be protected and they should not touch. Some of them do not even understand what industrial parks mean. Industrial parks are going to create a revolution in terms of employment of the youth in rural areas. When they are established, it should be the duty of every leader to protect them and make sure that the money is ringfenced. It should not be touched as a result of austerity measures leading to reduction in allocations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to speak more because mine was only to support the recommendations of the committee. They have done a good job and we will continue to support them. I used to be the Chairman of Finance and National Planning Committee before Budget and Appropriations Committee was created. We are the ones who created it. I really appreciate the work being done by Sen. Ali Roba and his Committee. I thank you for the opportunity."
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