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    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for indulging me. I would like to ask my colleagues to bear with me. Indeed, I am fasting, and I wanted to contribute and leave. At the outset, I would like to thank and congratulate the Committee, headed by the Hon. Atandi. I am reviewing the Budget 2025/2026 document, and there are a few areas that I wish to address following comments by my Chairman, Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo. Firstly, it is about the Government Printer, where they have given them an additional allocation of Ksh124 million. The Government Printer is at the heart of printing all Government documents, whether they are pamphlets, gazette notices, doctrinal, or policy documents. The question I keep asking myself is, in the absence of an efficient, effective and time-bound Government Printer, where would classified and important government documents be printed? Hon. Atandi, going forward, it is important we put our resources where our mouth is. That places like the Government Printer should be well-funded so that instead of the Exchequer opposing the funding of the Government Printer, the Government Printer ploughs resources back into the Exchequer. The State Department for Performance and Delivery Management is a key department in the Government. It oversights, reports, monitors and ensures that there is no wastage in government, and that government projects are delivered on time. For the first time, I can see they have been remembered in this Budget. Going forward, if we truly want to combat vices The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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