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    "id": 625911,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Laboso",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Cherono Laboso",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I will just take a minute, so do not leave. I thank the Members for the contributions they have made to this Budget Policy Statement (BPS). I also thank the Liaison Committee. You know that all of them are Chairs of Committees and they have had a very difficult time trying to set up meetings for their own Committees. Hon. Members, most of you have agreed that we must find a way of getting rid of this issue of being a conveyor belt. We must try to do something to make sure that we make some changes when this BPS actually comes to Parliament. I will highlight some of the most critical things that were mentioned by Members. When you look at page 29, you will find all the things that were really critical to the different Departmental Committees, but which are not prioritised. We have asked the National Treasury to make sure that they really look into these things. These are like equipping technical training institutes, the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) that trains personnel who operate medical equipment, and recruitment of teachers. At least, they have put something small for recruitment of teachers. However, we are asking for more. We need more teachers. We also asked them to start paying the retired teachers their pension, which they have started. There is also the National Employment Authority, which was in the Bill sponsored by Hon. Sakaja. This is a very important authority because we know there are high unemployment levels in the country right now. That is another area that we have told the National Treasury to look for funding so that we can have that authority up and running. Hon. Members, I say thank you to all of you who have put an effort in getting this BPS out of Parliament so that we can move to the next stage. With those remarks, I beg to reply."
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