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    "id": 245743,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Cheboi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 329,
        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I will just spend a few minutes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not want to be seen to be singing platitudes to what has already been said here. However, I must say that one of the things that the President has done in the recent past is to appoint very brilliant persons as the Minister and Assistant Minister for Finance. I say so because, the Budget that was presented to this House this year was not only populist but also very political. Quite a number of things outlined in the Budget are geared towards next year's general elections. Reducing taxation on bicycles is meant to appeal to the political side of this country. Why was money not set aside for re-settling victims of tribal clashes in the previous Budgets, only to be included this year? The youth have been forgotten for quite a long time. However, this year, they have been sneaked into the Budget. I must congratulate the Minister for that action. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is in our docket that whenever something good is done, we point it out and say that it was done correctly. What I do not know is whether whatever is contained in this year's Budget will be sustained. I feel fortified in saying so because, the Budgets I have seen since I joined this House have been Budgets through which the Government promises Kenyans certain things which are eventually not fulfilled. In the financial year 2003/2004, money was provided for a hospital in my constituency. Up June 28, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1719 to now, we have not accessed that money. Last year, Kshs20 million was provided in the Budget for a road in my constituency between Kiptagich and Silibwe. However, when an hon. Member asked a question about that road this afternoon, he was told that no money was provided for that road in the current financial year. That is why I said the proposals contained in this Budget are very good, to a large extent, but---"
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