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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Report of the Committee. I just want to make one or two observations. It is the right time that we passed this Supplementary Budget given that most of it, from what I am seeing, is a recurrent budget which is basically the salaries for the employees in various Ministries and some little development money for departments and Ministries. Let me dwell on the issue of security. I have seen quite a good amount of money being placed on security, which is a very sensitive area. For the last few days we have seen a series of insecurity incidences in the country. I want to speak on the allocations made for repatriation of refugees. This is a very important allocation the Committee has done. We have got information from the intelligence that refugee camps in northern Kenya are breeding grounds for those involved in terrorism. I hope the Khs500 million will help in repatriation of the refugees. It is not enough to just repatriate, we also want to see that money meant for security is used wisely. As we speak, there are questions in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on imprudent use of money meant for security. We want to see the Ministry reducing wastage as much as possible, so that we can have money for buying security equipment for our policemen and also improve their welfare. There is also need to reduce wastage in Government. We have seen one department in Government taking another Government department to court. For example, we have the case of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). There is quite an amount of money allocated to IPOA. We have seen IPOA taking the National Police Service Commission to court. These are Government departments and they need to work together because the legal fees paid by them to lawyers, I can say, is a waste. When a misunderstanding arises, there is need for the different arms of the Government to sit down and harmonise their differences without necessarily incurring unnecessary expenses through litigations. 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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