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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to say that the blame cannot be laid on hon. Mbadi who has brought the amendment. The blame squarely lies at the hands of the Government. When they brought the Budget, they should have balanced properly the various needs. But to stand and tell the teachers half truths that they are negotiating for the next Budget or for January--- They should be telling the teachers, sorry, we are locking you out. It is not wrong for a Member to try and do some balancing. It may not be the best way. But it is to dramatize the problem that has been brought by the Government and the Ministry of Finance. The long and winding Member is at it again, but this is to balance. Due to the ineffectiveness of the Government, our children cannot wait and the military cannot wait. All the things that should have been done ought to have been done. Why is pocket money being given to NSIS of Kshs2 billion which they did not request for? That is the money the Minister could have easily moved. There are many items in the various Votes of Ministries which are unnecessary. I have stood here and said that we do not need new furniture in a year that we are in a crisis. We do not need new vehicles. There are many things. Now that salaries of Members have been mentioned, we also did not need our taxes paid when our children are out. Those are the issues of priorities. We must be very upfront and say our priorities are upside down. Whether we give long and widened statements here which mean nothing, the truth of the matter is: We have failed this nation, and the Ministry of Finance and the Government have failed."
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