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    "id": 1613454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to the debate on the Financial Year 2025/2026 Budget Estimates Report. The budget-making process started way back with the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). Notably, there is some deviation between the BPS that we saw and what has finally arrived as the Budget Estimates. The deviation in some sectors like the one I represent was negative. This will affect the planning of activities in that sector. This is against our expectations and so, we will have cost reduction in some activities. The efforts in the Budget Estimates progressively show provision for the BETA agenda priorities. In every sector, there is a provision. This is something that came up with the new Government, It was adopted and is bearing fruit. I hope that Kenyans are seeing this happening. I want to call upon them to appreciate the efforts being made, especially through the budgeting process by provision of a budget for some of those activities. At some point, we might have to harmonise the budget in some sectors. This is because they can move the economy to raise better revenue, create jobs and earn foreign exchange, but they are not given due recognition. Many of the speakers have alluded to sectors like ICT, agriculture, rural and urban development. We might need a national conversation on how to prioritise. When you look closely at what happens in several sectors, this is something that we need to take caution on as a country. This is because some of the activities are long term construction efforts. So, they do not necessary yield results immediately. A five-year term Government needs to yield results very fast. The current Government got into office on the platform of job creation. It can easily create jobs if we focus on some of sectors and give them more support. For example, the policy shift by the President to subsidise production and not consumption in the agricultural sector. This is coupled with the fact that God has been so gracious to us by giving us rains. This has made the country to realise food security over time. Those are some of the efforts we need to make. For instance, we have a target to improve coffee production from the current 50,000 metric tonnes to 200,000 metric tonnes by 2027. If we are to achieve that target, we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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