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    "id": 1532593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Basil",
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    "content": "Additionally, I do not want to mince my words by saying that the money for public participation must be scrapped. That is allowing corruption when we are here to budget and ensure we correct what is messy or what is not working here. It does not need a genius to tell us that Ksh3 billion is quite high for public participation. That money should go to critical sectors like water. Let us remember that we want to be self-reliant on food. We are actually becoming a net importer of everything. For us to have a healthy balance of trade and a balance of payment, we need to be self-reliant and invest in food production, manufacturing, and production for our people. If we have surplus, then we export and that way we will earn Foreign Exchange, therefore, that public participation fund should be dropped immediately. That money should be channelled to key sectors like health, water, or even electricity. We have been seeing doctors and health workers striking. That is very bad. Imagine it takes seven years to train a medical doctor, and this person is not well remunerated. That is why we see them coming to occupy Parliament, demanding their right to good pay. On the same note, we ironically Budget for items that do not really make sense and which, for me, are a waste of public resources. We must take or prioritise our items in a better way to solve issues that are central to the development of this country."
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