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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "it. Every time we have harambees to offset medical expenses of our people. Our people are suffering in the villages. We are paying more, but we continue to suffer more. What has become of this country? Why is President William Ruto running down this country? We do not have any other country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to quickly run to one person who gave his memoranda to this particular committee. He said that we should try and reduce Government wastage or improve on the prudence in the way we use our national resources. When President William Ruto came, he said that we are cutting on all wastage in Government. We were told that austerity measures are setting in. In Parliament here, we were told that we have to reduce our foreign and domestic travel. This is happening in Parliament. The way we travel now is not the same way we used to travel when we came in here. However, this does not happen with the Executive. Why is it that the State House budget keeps growing every financial year? It is not that he has new members of staff. It is not that he has new services or he is getting more guests so that his hospitality budget is increased. What was it in the State House that warranted repair? Was the roof leaking in State House that he had to spend billions of monies in a country where people are suffering on very basic issues like health? He had the money to ensure that he could repair almost all state lodges around the Republic. How many days can he sleep in even within one financial year? Why can he not do them progressively? Why would he then not do the State House in Nairobi and leave the rest and do them progressively? He is renovating the State lodges in in Nyeri, Bungoma, Nakuru and Mombasa. I do not understand the urgency of renovating all these State lodges. Why does he want to live like a king when the rest of Kenyans are suffering? They are sleeping hungry. What joy does he gain in having the best palatial State House in the Africa? He says that he wants the State House of Kenya to be at the level of the White House of the United States. Is he leading people who have as much quality of life as the people of the United States? Why run down the health system in Kenya and then live like a king? Madam Temporary Speaker, as we work on reducing Government wastage, I would like my colleagues to tell me why it is important that for every one project that has been commissioned, the President has to commission it five times. A lot of money was spent when the President was in Nairobi. You saw the kind of entourage when he was commissioning projects in Nairobi. Why was it extremely important for him to move in entourages of 50 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), and mobilize people to come and clap for him?"
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