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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "content": "Let us also have schemes that look at the humanity of things so that we are not just looking at going about our business as if to suggest it is a mechanical problem. I have also looked at the budget of this institution; the Parliamentary Service Commission. Hon. Speaker, as the Chair, I want to appeal to you directly. For those of us who use the gym, it is a big concern that there are people working there who earn less than Kshs6,000 from what they tell us. I cannot possibly see how somebody who earns Kshs6,000 can afford bus fare to come to work unless we are telling them they have to look for other ways, say even harassing Members to make ends meet. It is of concern to see staff, who perhaps see some of us as chairs of committees who have worked in this institution for several years, still in the casual category. Let us try to see that as people who are making laws that are to be used by the people of Kenya, we set the trend in minding our own. This is so that those of us who are here, ensure that much as we mind the welfare of the rest of the people of Kenya, we are also minding the welfare of our own. As I conclude, I am still very concerned by the large provisions that have been made to the National Treasury. If you look at the printed estimates, a lot of that money goes into the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). In fact, it is in the order of billions. Those of us who have been keen have noticed that almost in every Supplementary Appropriation billions of shillings go into the IFMIS. It is ironical if you look at the financial mismanagement that is still going on in our country. Some people have said that as much as IFMIS is supposed to be an integrated financial management information system, it could be possible that it is neither integrated nor can it manage anything."
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