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    "id": 625821,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me start by congratulating the Deputy Speaker and the Liaison Committee for the work they have done in processing the BPS. Those of us who served in the Budget and Appropriations Committee before and are still hoping to go back to it, are aware of the task at hand. Let me also congratulate the National Treasury for giving us a reduced Budget. It is time we cut our coat according to our cloth. We need to fit the Budget we have as a country to the resources that we have. We cannot borrow for Recurrent Expenditure. We cannot do that. It will be the wrong policy and that is how to bring down our country. We can only borrow for Development Expenditure but, as far as possible, we should cut our coat according to our cloth. When you look at our Budget, you see a lot of austerity measures that need to be inculcated in the Budget. We still have a country where tea, coffee and meals are big indicators of our meetings. It is time, like in many other developing countries, we held our meetings and had water alone, like we do here in the National Assembly. The only thing that people should have as they meet is water to drink and not tea or coffee. This is a poor country. 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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