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    "id": 655784,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/655784/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "The shortfall of Kshs130 billion, which is required to be provided for in the next Budget, is not little money. There is need to prioritise what exactly needs to be funded and leave out what can wait. That is what supplementary budgets are all about. I agree that the recruitment of 10,000 police officers to enhance our security is very important. We will spend Ksh9.4 billion in that exercise. That is not little money. It should be used prudently. I am a bit disappointed. My disappointment has nothing to do with the Bill, but with the procedure that is followed in recruiting police officers. When we use criteria such as height, which has no bearing on the performance of a police officer, we leave out so many youths who are interested in the jobs. It is not a very motivating thing to most youths. That is because 5.9 inches height is not achievable in most African communities, especially the one I come from. You can see my height. I remember last year, one of the best performing security guard from the corporate security companies was very short. He saved the life of one of the Members of Parliament here. Having said that, I support the purchase of land to settle the landless, especially the ones we normally refer to as the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and the ones who occupy the Waitiki land that has been in contention for a long time. Those Kenyans need a place to settle down. It cannot wait for the next Budget because you can see the rains. We need to settle those who have not been settled. We need to look at that sector."
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