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    "speaker_name": "Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I would like the Members of the Committee to appreciate the fact that a surgeon will never score anyone more than 60 per cent. The best that one can get is 55 per cent. Going forward, there are suggestions that the Committee has given, amongst which is how to improve on what has happened in the current Budget. That gives room for improvement. Once we have room for improvement, we will be able to move further. Our biggest challenge in terms of Budget preparation is that our law demands that it has to be the estimates of the appropriations that were last approved by Parliament, which are supposed to have been presented by the Public Accounts Committee. The last one was presented in the Financial Year 2009/2010. This means that we are not able to budget in time. So, this is the challenge, especially to our Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and his team, who are supposed to work very hard and make current Budgets and sit within time. If we are going to prepare our Budget Estimates based on the 2009/2010 appropriations, then it is a big challenge. All said and done, we are talking of 1,200 vehicles being leased in the country. We are talking of improving the security of this country. In my own constituency, which has an Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) and two Officers Commanding Stations (OCSs), there is only one motor vehicle. In the circumstances, I do not feel that my constituency is secure enough. I do not know where the 1,200 motor vehicles that we are talking about are. Today morning, a boda boda motor cycle rider was knocked down by a matatu . The only vehicle available at the police station was talking prisoners to Kitale. This makes it very difficult. I got touched and wondered why such a thing does not happen in other constituencies. It means that other constituencies are more equal than others. Some constituencies are able to get enough vehicles while others are not. This goes to the Inspector-General of Police. He should ensure that Endebess Constituency gets enough vehicles, so that police officers in the constituency, with a fully-fledged police station and several police posts, do not rely on just one vehicle. Hon. Speaker, in our Committee, one of the key areas where we propose to make budgetary allocation is that of research. I want to thank the Committee because they allowed us to provide Kshs95 million to Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) for research on miraa . As we are aware, miraa is one of the key cash crops within this country with very little research having been done on it. I hope that with KEMRI having been allocated Kshs95 million, they will be able to do much. We have also allocated them 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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