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    "id": 1618409,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Khwisero, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Wangaya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues and my Chairman in supporting the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2025/2026. This Budget provides for approximately Ksh4.3 trillion, with Ksh405 billion allocated to our counties, Ksh1.3 trillion allocated to Consolidated Fund Services (CFS), and approximately Ksh10 billion allocated to the Equalisation Fund. So, if you look at this Budget, key programmes that support the development of this country have been captured. The Budget provides funds for the subsidised fertiliser, which will go a long way in addressing food insecurity. This Budget also provides funds for the recruitment of approximately 20,000 intern teachers who will assist us in our Junior Secondary School (JSS) centres. This Budget provides approximately Ksh6 billion in funds to help employ our Universal Health Care (UHC) nurses on a permanent and pensionable basis. As we consider this Budget, we must also ask ourselves some serious questions about its implementation. It is not about figures. A good budget must be implementable. It is not about passing a Budget that cannot be implemented. With a deficit of Ksh 786 billion, we need to ask ourselves how we will raise these funds and ensure that this Budget is implemented. On the county allocations, it is important to note that accountability is key, as the Leader of the Majority Party has said. I come from Kakamega County. Over the last three years, I have not seen any projects undertaken by the county government, not even a one-door toilet. We must call our governors to order and tell them to stop stealing, to stop taking Kenyans for a ride, and to stop pursuing their own interests and the appetite for looting government resources. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I call upon the National Treasury to ensure that it provides resources and funds for the payment of pending bills. It is very discouraging that many of our suppliers and contractors are languishing in the streets because of non-payment of pending bills. If these bills are not paid, they hinder the growth of the economy of this country. I urge all Members to support this and ensure that we have a robust implementation matrix to ensure that this Budget is implemented to the letter. Thank you, and I support."
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