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    "id": 462507,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 35,
        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have been able to calculate and get some rough estimates. If this House passes this Motion, and if the resolution is followed--- There is no reason why it should not be followed. This House will make this country save over Kshs10 billion annually. Actually, it is not little money that we are talking about; it is a lot of money. It is money that can build so many roads in this country, including roads in hon. Njagagua’s are; he talks about roads all the time. These are the issues we are talking about. It is time for this House to come out and say that we must lead from the front in curbing excessive expenditure, or which is not necessary. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me go a little bit into international flights. This Motion seeks that for any international flights, civil servants above a certain class should travel Business Class, but not above Business Class. We have First Class and Business Class. For the Chair’s information and that of hon. Members and the general public, a ticket for Business Class costs three or four times the cost of Economy Class. That is extremely high. It was shameful; I am told that during the recent trip to China by His Excellency the President while the President was travelling in Business Class, there were some Cabinet Secretaries who travelled First Class. You wonder what kind of Accounting Officers we have in this country. These are things that we should not be seeing in this country! It is time we said that we cannot continue with these excessive wastages that we are witnessing. This House has the authority and mandate to solve this."
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