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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for this Report. Even though I want to thank them largely for most of the things they have provided for, I am not happy with one item. I want to indicate that this year, I am not very happy with the Treasury, especially with regard to the way they handled the Budget. They did not follow the standards that we had set under the fiscal reforms in the last Parliament. The Budget was done in a very haphazard manner. We were not given timely and detailed information. We did not have broken down Budget items, especially for my Committee. Therefore, it was very difficult for us to make decisions. I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for certain actions they have taken, which appear punitive. My Committee was not as brave. I actually told my Committee that we should take certain brave actions, which would then force the Treasury to know that despite the agitation outside Parliament, we actually do serious work. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am very happy with the saving of Kshs15.38 billion especially because if you look at the items that are indicated there, they are not very essential or necessary. However, I want to disagree with the Leader of the Majority Party on the issue of laptop computers. If you look at the Report of the Committee itself, it indicates, from the public hearings, that most members of the public are not persuaded about the laptop issue. We know that it was a noble idea. It was something which was being stated to attract votes but we are Kenyans. We know what is always said to attract votes and what the reality is. You cannot be talking about giving laptop computers to children when teachers are agitating for salaries, and when we have members of the public agitating outside Parliament Buildings, saying that Members of Parliament are 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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