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    "id": 1532590,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Basil",
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    "content": "We have budgeted Ksh198 billion for roads, but when we ask ourselves which roads will be repaired using the Ksh198 billion, we cannot tell which ones they are. For example, in some areas like Yatta, the percentage of tarmac roads is less than one. That is why I always emphasise itemising our Budget so that we know where our money goes or what item takes what amount from the taxpayers' kitty. If we want to eliminate graft or mitigate graft and promote accountability, we must itemise our Budget. One of the Members talked about the rotational Chairmanship of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That is not the cure for the problem we have. Itemisation of the Budget is the solution to the problem of inequality when distributing government resources. We must consider itemising the Budget; otherwise, we will keep talking, saying so-and-so was the Chairman; he took resources to his constituency or county he comes from. That story will never end unless we itemise our Budget."
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