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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance. I want to join my colleagues to congratulate hon. (Rev.) (Dr.) Musyimi; the President who was shy of accepting the throne. This Committee has done a good job considering that it is a Committee of 50 plus hon. Members. They visited nine counties; including Kitui County, my county, when they were constrained with time and so forth. They came up with this very balanced budget. I want to commend them because they did a diligent job. However, I noticed a small error in Minute 122, 2014, which quoted Kshs826 billion as the reduction in the Judiciary Budget. I think the Committee meant Kshs826 million, not billion. Such small errors can lead to the media misreporting and this should be avoided in future. Let me thank the Parliamentary Budget Office under Madam Phyllis Makau. She did a good job supporting this Committee within a short time. A total budget of Kshs1.769 trillion has been increased by this Committee to Kshs1.779 trillion. This is a very ambitious budget and I support this Bill. Hon. Speaker, let me also thank the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and the Chief Registrar of Judiciary for submitting their estimates in the agreed form as per the requirements of Articles 127 (5) and 173 (3) respectively, of the Constitution. I hope that when the budget of the PSC is approved, we will have an improvement. If you look at the place where we used to have pigeon holes, we want that to be re-introduced because most of our correspondences are spread all over and it is very difficult to get to hon. Members. I hope Members of the PSC are listening and they should improve on that. Hon. Speaker, on the recruitment of 588 additional staff by Parliament, it has had a positive impact and we are seeing this in the Budget. We hope the operations of this House will improve so that we give good service to hon. Members. We look forward to the second phase of recruitment by the PSC and hope that will lead to enhancement of capacity for Parliamentary Service Commission. I expect the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST) to improve its absorptions capacity and begin offering training based on the six core thematic areas. Hon. Speaker, I also want to say that two months ago we buried an old Member of this House, a former Member of Parliament. He died while very poor. He led a very good life but died very poor. I hope that in the next Budget, the Budget and Appropriations Committee considers allocation for gratuity and retirement benefits for both former and current Members of Parliament because we have seen a lot of poverty when one leaves service from this House. Hon. Speaker, I also want to say that I would like to note that in future Treasury should work more closely with the Budget and Appropriations Committee so that the Budget Policy Statement is in harmony with whatever this Committee does. This is because there before we have seen under the new Constitution, Treasury trying to impose their will on the National Assembly. But the National Assembly is the one that has a major role in Budget making process. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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