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    "id": 606228,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Our own committee made various suggestions about where initially the Kshs7.7 billion would come from. That was a report that was given by the Committee on 9th April, 2015. The Committee went into details in this particular Report. For example, it suggested that Kshs2.5 billion would be reduced from national irrigation and fertiliser clearance. That would mean that we would end up with about Kshs10 billion only. Another reduction of Kshs2.5 billion would be done from Contingencies Fund. That would give Kshs2.5 billion left for that. The last suggestion was that Kshs2.7 billion would come from a balance of what would have gone to the national Government as its Fund. That would leave the Fund with Kshs193.5 billion. All these proposals were very clear. It is not as though no option had been given. Therefore, it was wrong for the National Assembly to settle on the option of slashing money from very key aspects that are very necessary. Even if it would be punitive, who do you want to punish? When amounts are taken from the Judiciary, we should begin to think about quantifying what that means for Kenyans, let alone just for the National Assembly or the Senate, for that matter. Therefore, the reduction of Kshs800 million means a lot for Kenyans; it means pending and backlog of cases that the Judiciary has been dealing with. The SRC’s budget was also slashed by Kshs200 million. That was completely unnecessary. Then, there is a third area where funds were slashed yet it is very critical The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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