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    "id": 1604027,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am a very happy Member of Parliament today. I have gone through the Votes and also read through the Estimates, and it pleases me that for the first time in the history of this country, we are passing a Budget without much contestation. It is a Budget which is spread through all the sectors of Government in reasonable terms. It is also enabling all sections and regions of the country to get some element of development. I was very pleased when I saw in the specific Estimates a road that is going to come from Mandera, through Wajir to Garissa for the first time. When the President mentioned some of these things, they thought they were just mere indications of the need for interventions for all Kenyans. I am happy we have provided for such facilities. The Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury and Economic Planning told us that across the Tana River, and Hon. Owen Baya knows, there is this river that the children in Tana River have been crossing each morning going to and from school. It is a crocodile- infested river and I am happy I have seen money there to address the issue. Though I have not seen much for my constituency, and I know it is because we hosted Madaraka Day a short while back and there was a lot of intervention, I am very happy that the entire breadth of the nation, indeed, is going to feel a bit of this national cake. Lastly, going into the future, there is a matter which has been highlighted here by Members in the Committee of Supply, which we need to take the earliest opportunity when we sit again to look at it very seriously. It is sad that the Senator for Nairobi gets, in addition to his salary, over Ksh50 million each year just to say nonsense on television breakfast shows and it is considered oversight. That is double pay because under the Constitution, the salary he is getting is for that purpose. He is paid Ksh50 million for saying nonsense while several agencies do not have money. Let us take the earliest opportunity possible when we are considering the supplementary budget to shred off those monies and channel them to constitutional purposes of service to the public. I fully support and thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for securing inclusivity and equity in this year’s Budget. I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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