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    "content": "I will assume I did not hear that. I want to give a commitment again. You can see we have the intention to make sure that there is money released to the NG-CDF. My commitment is that we will give another Ksh7 billion in the course of this April. I cannot promise it is next week because we must start paying salaries. However, I will make sure we release another Ksh7 billion to the Board so that we only have one month in default or arrears. Colleagues, I want to repeat something. If something is not done for the NG-CDF under my watch as the Cabinet Secretary, it is not intentional. It is because the pressure is at times too much. Sometimes you have to balance between paying the debts you must pay. There will be no economy if you do not pay debts. We must pay our debts. We must release money to the NG-CDF, education and security sectors. Sometimes we take security for granted when we boast of rising numbers of tourism. We do not know how much threat has been dealt with out there. So, we must support our security. Let me conclude because I know there will be further questions. I plead that, as leaders, people out there may not like us. They may say all sorts of things, but we are still their leaders. We are all privileged. Sometimes, we need to be a little bit cautious. I listened to one of us argue that this country is likely to be taken to Paris and that we are likely to default in debt payments. That is an irresponsible statement. It is irresponsible, can cause panic, and should not come from someone who chaired the Budget and Appropriations Committee in the past."
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