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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this 1618 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 27, 2006 opportunity to make my remarks on the Budget Speech. At the very outset, let me join my colleagues, who have spoken earlier, in congratulating the Minister for Finance for his eloquence when presenting the Budget Speech to this House. I also want to agree with earlier speakers that the Budget Speech was very flowery and had a lot of promises to Kenyans. My worry here is one: Has this Government now learned how to keep promises? This is a Government that never says what it means and never means what it says. It has made very many promises to Kenyans since assuming power but done very little to fulfil them. In fact, this is a Government that will go down in our history books as a \"promising\" Government. It is a Government that has made very many promises but delivered very little. On the positive side of the Speech, I wish to congratulate the Minister for giving us a balanced Budget. He was able to fund 100 per cent of the Budget with funds sourced locally, as he told us, except for the specific projects funded by donors. He excluded all bilateral budgetary support. I want to say that this is a big step towards attaining our economic independence. This is what ought to have been happening in the past. This is a country with a lot of potential. Kenyans are some of the most heavily taxed people in the world. Therefore, there is no need for the Government to look for bilateral budgetary support. All that it needs to do is to exercise financial discipline. We should learn how to live within our means, and spend only what we have. In that way, we will be able to fund our Budget in future using local resources. I also want to thank the Minister for coming up with the Youth Development and Enterprise Fund. One of the biggest problems in this country, as we all know, is unemployment. Since this Government is not able to create employment that it promised the youth, it is high time it found alternative means of helping our youth. Our youth should be enabled to undertake economic activities, so that they can earn a living."
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