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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruto",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to reluctantly support. I am only supporting because I realize that it may be too late for us to force the Minister to bring us an Appropriation Bill. I am also willing to go to the bank on his word. That is because he has proven for the last one month or so that he is a Minister who can be relied on. I really expect that he will live up to that reliability that he seems to be building up. But you must apologise to us because of the laziness in your docket. Was it impossible for you to print the Appropriations Bill? Was it impossible for you to have accommodated the views of Parliament? Was it impossible for you to have flagged out the difficult areas and consulted with our Committees? We would have expected you, maybe, if we said, we continue with this exercise next week on Tuesday, you may still not have finished. That is because you still have to consult with our Committee. But I want to go by your assurance. I also want you to realize that we are breaking off on Recess. Could you then also release the CDF funds immediately? That is because that is what the raia are waiting for? Could you release all the funds to CDF so that, when we go home, we can finalize our commitment to the people to move on? Could you also promise us that, unlike last year, we will get all the funds that are meant for free secondary education, free primary education and bursaries? Last year, your predecessor told us that he was giving us Kshs1.2 billion for bursaries. He actually ended up disbursing hardly Kshs500 million. We were informed that other monies went for drought mitigation. I do not know whether he took the other monies to Somalia. We got so many stories. I hope that you are not going to relapse into these problems. I would like to take your word to the bank. I would like to go home and tell the people that CDF is coming quickly. That is because we want to dispose of the development projects and then go to campaigns without any further difficulties. But you also need to promise us that you will not break the law again. That is because hon. Mbadi is actually right. But we are trying to brush him aside and yet, he is pushing a very valid point. But in future, please, let us stick to the law and let us proceed. Thank you. I beg to support."
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