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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bahari",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, global issues must not be trivialized. It is only when we address them as they are, that we will get the right direction. I am not saying that there are a lot of things that we cannot improve in this country. Certainly, there are. There are a lot of loopholes that we can seal. It is extremely important that these issues are looked at globally. I want to raise an issue on the current drought situation. This matter has not been handled properly to date. There is serious food deficiency in the ASAL areas of this country. Although the Government has provided for this in the Supplementary Estimates, it has been poorly handled. Up to now, the food situation is alarming. There is serious food deficiency. I want to touch on the issue of the private sector in this country, particularly the oil and the banking industries which make super normal profits, yet Kenyans are suffering. This is not permissible. The Ministry of Finance and the relevant Ministries must work very closely together and ensure that this matter is brought to an end. They are reaping from the common person where they ought not to, particularly the banking sector. It is high time that the Ministry looked into cost-cutting measures at this particular point in time. Prudency requires that we take bold steps like many other countries have done and painfully so, to ensure that we cut costs rather than just think about the issue of increasing taxation as is the thinking of the Executive right now. The issue of election financing has come up severally. I know the Members may have discussed it. Currently, the finances we have allocated to the IIEC are insufficient. It is important that the Minister revisits this matter and ensures that appropriate financing is done. Without that, you can imagine how costly it can be, particularly where we have acted in a manner that does not suit this country at all and where in an election process, you cannot afford to send an agent to a particular polling station for fear of that agent being penalized, yet we sit in this House saying that we have gone through an election process. Indeed, it is extremely faulty and this kind of exercise should not be repeated. With those few remarks and in the interest of the Members, I beg to support."
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