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    "id": 1545683,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "important point, it is not the main point in a budget conversation. In a budget that continues to grow and the Budget Policy Statement this year was at 4.3 percent, the fine print needs to be checked against what is it that continues to consume public expenditure. If it is salaries, is it sustainable in this day and age to continue with the year-on increase that almost all public servants continue to earn in a depressed economy such as ours? Is the kind of expenditure sustainable that we see from certain key sectors of the economy? Education is the largest consumer at almost Kshs670 billion in the Budget Policy Statement that I have seen. What is the saving that needs to be made there? Madam Temporary Speaker, why am I focusing my conversation on the fiscal deficit? It is the only known measure that will help us appreciate the balance of revenue"
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