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    "id": 663824,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "The police are taking care of us and looking after the security of this country. They are the ones who are dealing with everything other than what the Leader of the Majority Party is saying that they are dealing with Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD). They are also dealing with internal terrorism where we have a serious problem. The salary we are giving them is so low. The housing we give them is completely bad and unimaginable yet they are the people guarding this country and the mighty in this nation. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what exactly is Defence doing? It is just a luxury. I think we are giving them money which they do not deserve. This is money which should have been put in areas which can help this country. When you also look at the allocation to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) vis-à-vis the National Intelligence Service (NIS), it is improper. We are told that the NIS is giving us vital information on matters of security each and every year. However, we are facing a lot of threats, especially from terrorists and so many other quarters every year. This is despite the fact that we have been giving money to the NIS. The major problem in this country is not insecurity but corruption. If we can reduce corruption in this country to even 10 per cent, even terrorists will fear coming to this country. Look at the money we have allocated to the EACC yet they are the people who are supposed to investigate major scandals and corruptions. We are only giving them Kshs2.8 billion yet they are a whole commission. These are people who are supposed to investigate even the President and this House. These are the people who are supposed to bring economic criminals to book. We are giving them Kshs2.8 billion then Kshs25 billion to the NIS, whom we do not know what they do. These are luxuries. I wish the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee was here. The Constitution vested the power to budget with the House and not the Executive. The reason is that this House is a composition of Members who represent people and know where the problems are. The Chairman should be able to exactly tell us why he would prioritise the NIS against the EACC, which is supposed to be investigating corruption cases. Before I conclude, I wish to ask something on the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). I wish the Chairmen for the Constituencies Development Fund Committee and the Budget and Appropriations Committee were listening. When you tell us that the CDF has been reduced by Kshs1 billion, you are telling us that this money has no role. It is money for luxury. He should be telling us that the CDF has been doubled. That is what we want to hear. It is like you are making some recommendations with a lot of fear."
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