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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, as we begin debate on this Motion, it is fair for me to guide the House that this Report is merely asking the House to note. However, I think the Committee should go further and request the House to note and make recommendations which should include, but not limited to, for instance, sanctioning a Cabinet Secretary or any Government official who is showing indifference towards resolutions of the House. Those that show that public resources are being mis-applied; the Committee has the right to recommend to the House to reduce budgetary allocations to them. Therefore, please, Members of the Committee, the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson, do not feel inhibited in any way in making your recommendations as long as the recommendations are based on empirical evidence that you will have come across. That is because we also observe the status of the budgetary implications, but for which there were no budgetary provisions. It is fair that you can make recommendations either to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives to consider this. All those are open to you. In fact, the sky is the limit. But for now, the Report is asking us to note these recommendations. Going forward, this Committee should feel free to proceed as guided. Hon. Members in keeping with a Resolution recently passed in the House Business Committee; we want to clear as many of these reports as possible. To be fair to the many Committees which have tabled reports here, it was agreed that each report will be debated for a maximum of one hour. This is to inform the Members that you have a balance of 45 minutes to debate this Report. Let us have Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona, Member for Mbita."
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