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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "My reason for proposing this amendment is that if you will recall, in 2010/2011, this House allocated Kshs9.7 billion to the NSIS. Later in the Supplementary Budget, we gave additional Kshs900 million to the same agency. If you add that, it amounts to Kshs10.5 billion. In this financial year, this has been enhanced by over Kshs2.7 billion. We sought an explanation as to why this was necessary. The Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations told us that they also had a problem because the NSIS Budget is not itemized. Therefore, in their recommendation, which is in this report as the Minutes of the 78th Sitting, they recommended that “the NSIS should in future itemize its Budget for scrutiny, transparency and accountability”. I do not see why we should give the NSIS additional funds when, for example, we have not provided enough for stocking our Strategic Grain Reserve. If you look at what is happening in Turkana, as a country, we need to get our priorities right. Instead of giving the NSIS money to spend in areas which are not very transparent and some of which are not really for the benefit of this country, it is important that this money is put into proper use. On page 9, my Committee observed that:- “The issue of equipping the police to combat the rising crime levels was emphasized. Furthermore, police officers should be sufficiently remunerated and provided with suitable housing in order to boost their morale”. You are aware that currently, the police officers are on a go-slow. Our security is paramount and we need to give additional funds for police officers to be properly remunerated. If this money is made available, I have consulted and I have learnt that it will help to give an eleven per cent salary increase to the police officers. If you add this to the Kshs2.3 billion, which is available in the Ministry, then you can increase their salaries by 28 per cent as was agreed with the Government. I pray that this House finds favour with my amendment and approves it. I ask hon. Linturi to second the amendment."
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