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    "id": 449265,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "its work, we realize that there is a big challenge that is affecting the ordinary person at home. It is our responsibility as Members of this National Assembly to work for the welfare of our people. Another issue that I wanted to raise is, when you look around this Budget, we are increasing the amount; collection is increasing but the direct benefit coming to the ordinary person is not there. So, there is a problem here that needs to be addressed. Another issue that Members have said is about procurement. There is nothing wrong with the procurement laws. The officers who sit in Government do nothing else; they sit waiting for this money. What is happening with the planning? They know when the National Treasury is going to give them money. The biggest challenge we have here, as we move to the next Financial Year you will find that Ministries will stay without funds up to October or November. That is when they get money for development. As we sit here, some of the constituencies have not got their CDF money. What is the reason? Funds are not available. So, there is a problem here. The people from Treasury need to come up with a realistic and achievable budget, which is friendly to help the ordinary person, the farmer, the dairy keeper and the Tea farmer. I come from a place where we grow tea and as we speak today, the price of tea has gone down and the price of milk is not stable. These are issues that are affecting the ordinary person. So, when we are doing a budget here, it should be able to help the farmer sell his milk, help the farmer who is growing tea have a good price and a trader who is carrying his cabbage, onions, sukuma wiki to the market to find a road to pass, so that we are able to improve the welfare of our people. The problem with Treasury is that when we close this Financial Year, they release money for development in July or August. The issue of poor absorption rate has gone up. If they give money in December or January, how do they plan for it? They need to come up with a clear policy so that the people who work in Government are able to work and contribute meaningfully to the welfare of our people. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion, but I am supporting it because the Chair and the Committee have been very forthright, that they should not take Parliament for granted. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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