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    "id": 1532406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion for consideration of the Second Supplementary Estimates for the current financial year as ably moved by the Hon. Deputy Speaker and seconded by Hon. Pukose. Being an economist, Hon. Makali Mulu would have wanted more details, but I believe he was also very busy reading the same Report. That is why he did not hear the Hon. Deputy Speaker and Hon. Pukose move and second. The Second Supplementary Estimates come in the backdrop of a period in which our economy is stabilising and increasingly becoming better than it was, as I stated earlier while debating the BPS. The Supplementary Estimates also come in the backdrop of a situation where we found ourselves without a Finance Bill for six months, following the events of June last year, when the Finance Bill was eventually rejected. Many people may have taken it for granted and thought that those events did not have an impact on our budget process. However, Kenyans across the country can bear witness to the disruptions that led to the rejection of the Finance Bill in 2024, which greatly impacted our development programs. Kenyans across the country have been agitating for the rehabilitation of roads for which there have been no budgetary allocations. We have seen many industrial actions by the labour movements – the unions of doctors, teachers and members of the teaching fraternity in public universities – agitating for the implementation of Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs), which were supposed to be funded from revenues that were to be raised through the Finance Bill of 2024. Hon. Speaker, allow me to take this opportunity to thank the House and the many Kenyans who joined the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning during 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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