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    "id": 444568,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The biggest party in terms of numbers in this House, if today we were in a Parliamentary system, it should have produced a Prime Minister. But they refused; I wanted a parliamentary system, but my former boss and my mentor, the Former Right hon. Prime Minister, went for a Presidential system. Little did he know that he did not have a tyranny of numbers? Hon. Speaker, if I go back to the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), we have given an extra Kshs10 billion. I urge hon. Members to prudently use that money. Let us use that money on education because water and health has been devolved. Let us focus on education in terms of bursary and on improving the infrastructure. Water had been given to somebody else; this is the work of the county governments now. Let us do roads, educational improvement and youth empowerment. Hon. Speaker, I am happy today that the county women representatives – one time they walked out of the Chamber. But at least, today you should cheer me and cheer the Budget and Appropriations Committee. You have Kshs2 billion in this Budget and you must thank hon. Mutava Musyimi. One time you were saying - “Mutava must go.” But now I think, you are saying: - “Mutava must stay.” Hon. Speaker, there is huge investment in agricultural irrigation. The one million acres is a Jubilee signature project. There is also Social Security nets. I want hon. Members to listen to me. In every constituency, over 500 elders of above the age of 65 will get Kshs2,000. Please, let us do it on equity and let us make sure that our elders get their kshs2,000. Let the money that will go to orphans and people living with disability go to them. There is same allocation for maternity. I am sure that more than ever there are many children called Uhuru and Ruto in the villages. Today ladies walk into maternity hospitals, deliver and walk out. I am sure President Kibaki, former Prime Minister; former Vice-President should visit these clinics and see ladies walking out with their babies free of charge, under the able leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta and that was our promise. Therefore, with this Budget there should be no dialogue. This is the people’s budget! If you want to dialogue on education, we have given the money. It is Prof. Kaimenyi to deliver. If it is about security, then it is the men and women in uniform who are in charge. We have done our bit. So, with the passage of the Appropriation Bill, dialogue is taken care of. Article 221(3) of the Constitution gives power to Parliament to be in charge of the Budget making process. It is under that Article that they also consider the budget of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) again based on the constitutionality of Articles 127 and 173."
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