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    "id": 1533705,
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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Parashina Sakimba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also stand to support the Report on the Budget Policy Statement for the Financial Year 2025/2026. I appreciate the work that has been done by the Liaison Committee. This Report has covered a lot of areas that are very important and instrumental in this country. As I support the Report, it is good to emphasise on something on the county allocation that was given Ksh4 or Ksh5 billion. The general picture the framers of the Constitution had when they introduced counties is for development to spread across the country. In terms of allocation of resources, things are happening. However, when we go to counties, sometimes we feel let down because our people do not get real services from the money this House allocates. When I look at the work that is supposed to be done, counties should understand that the allocated amount is supposed to help our people develop and get services. As a result, our country will head somewhere. Specifically, let me mention the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs). They were to address the value chain. Every county was to produce and concentrate on a certain area. For example, Kajiado can concentrate on leather, milk products or even tomatoes because we have them. However, considering the pace at which CAIPs are being done, we might not be able to achieve that in our first five-year term. This is because up to now, only 19 have been done or are in the plan. The speed at which the work of creating small industries is being done is too slow. This year, we have had the creation of the Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS), which deals with product accreditation. We were not able to do much with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Europe or America because we did not have an accreditation body that is recognised internationally. The money that has been allocated to KENAS is a plus to us. By establishing KENAS, Parliament has done justice to our business people and county. This is where we want to see our county in five years. There have been a lot of complaints about products that have been checked by Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). We are now going to have a body which is going to oversee them. That is a plus to the Report we are debating today. On the issue of the environment, the Carbon Credit Resource Mobilisation Framework has been proposed. I have a feeling that we need to check it. Clearly, when we want to tax carbon credits while the market is entirely international, maybe in some years to come, investors might choose to go to other places like Paraguay or Gabon, where there is no issue of taxes against carbon credits. I need to see how the framework is going to work out. I come from Kajiado, an Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL). Add me a minute because I have one issue before I conclude. There is the issue of the proposed mergers by Cabinet. In the Report, the Inter-Governmental Relation Technical Committee (IGRTC) is supposed to bring a report. I feel..."
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