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    "id": 1532454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, many Kenyans suffer because they have never received their pension after retirement. Many teachers out there retired, but they have not received their pension. Many public servants, chiefs, and assistant chiefs cry out loud because they have not received their pensions. If this Supplementary Budget will avail funds to pay chiefs and other public servants, then it will do what is required to be done. One important component is the health insurance. The Social Health Authority (SHA) has registered over 20.2 million Kenyans. There are many stories about how it does not work, but there are also very good ones about how it works. The SHA is working. There are many Kenyans who benefit from it. What we need to do is to ensure that we provide money for it. We are providing more money to ensure that both the Primary Healthcare Fund and the Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund are allocated an additional Ksh6 billion in the Second Supplementary Budget. This is a step forward to ensure we provide universal healthcare for this country. What is very important to me is tourism. The creation of the Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund is in progress. The necessary funds have already been deposited. However, an additional Ksh50 million is required for resource mobilisation, recruitment, staff maintenance, and other operational activities. It is important for wildlife conservation heritage to continue in this country. Therefore, an additional fund to ensure we run the Wildlife Conservation Trust is a step in the right direction. I want to speak about the blue economy. The State Department for Water and Sanitation has faced a significant budget cut. Its gross estimates have been reduced by Ksh22 billion. There is a slight increase of Ksh87.2 billion for Recurrent Expenditure. The Development Expenditure has been slashed by Ksh22.9 billion. This saddens me because I come from an area where the blue economy is key. We speak in this Parliament and other platforms and say that the blue economy is important. It must be seen in the Budget. You cannot say that the blue economy is important or that we want to invest in it and cut that magnitude of funds. The blue economy is important. We need to resuscitate the fishing industry. We need to ensure that all matters on the blue economy are properly done. However, we cannot do it if we cut the Budget by Ksh22.9 billion. Several landing sites need to be built in Kilifi North or Kilifi County. This will ensure that fishermen have areas where they can store and process their fish. Cutting the blue economy expenditure by Ksh22 billion hurts the economy we depend on at the Coast. I note the cut and request that the State Department ensure we allocate more money there. One of the important things that we need to take care of when using this Supplementary Budget is the many Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs). We have seen a proliferation 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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