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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbau",
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        "legal_name": "Elias Peter Mbau",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I guess this question arises out of the collective wisdom that was exercised by this House earlier on in the year, through the recommendations by the Budget Committee, which recommended that foreign travel expenditure in all Government Ministries and departments, including Parliament, be reduced to about 50 per cent. We made that recommendation out of the concern that far too many Government delegations were kind of living outside this country and incurring so much recurrent expenditure. Looking at these figures, I now understand why I do not see some of our Ministers here. I now know where they are. There are some Ministers whom I do not recognise when I see them on the Floor of the House. I need not name them here, but I can name them outside this House. I have been wondering where they are, but looking at these figures; I now know where the particular Members of the Front Bench have been. So, could the Prime Minister confirm that the wisdom of the Budget Committee, through Parliament, to ensure a reduction in the foreign travel expenditure incurred by the Government is, indeed, well placed and rational for the greater good of the Kenyan public? Could he further confirm that moving forward into next year; the same shall not be revised upwards? Thank you."
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