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"speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to, first of all, thank the Budget Committee for the work that it did. The Committee came up with its own recommendations. I actually instructed the Treasury officials that they must take on board everything that the Committee has recommend when preparing the Appropriation Bill. The problem came when they brought to my attention some of the implications of the Committee’s recommendations. I did not want to say this but I am now going to say it. One of the Budget Committee’s recommendations was that the allocations for domestic travel be reduced by 30 per cent. We realised that if this happens, three Ministries will be affected. The first one is the Prisons Service. We realised that prison authorities will not be able to take prisoners from remand cells to court. The same applies to the Police Service. This recommendation also effectively reduces the mileage of"
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