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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May I take this opportunity to congratulate you for having been appointed to the Speaker’s Panel. I know you are up to the task. I know your legal background, so I am quite sure that with the rest of the panelists, you will really perform well. I also want to congratulate the chair of the committee, Hon. Limo, and the rest of the committee for doing a wonderful job. Despite the uncertainty that the country is facing, they sat down, collected stakeholders’ views and they are here. I am sure Members of this House are very happy with the job that they did. I know they were under the guidance of the Leader of the Majority Party, His Excellency Aden Duale. I know some people may ask why, but this will come to pass in 2022. The Supplementary Estimates have touched various areas that we need to pump in some money, especially when we talk about the collective bargaining agreements that are pending. We have seen the number of strikes we are facing from our professionals. I am sure this Supplementary Estimates will solve those issues of strikes. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the issue of free secondary education which our President has been going round promising. We really need to make sure that we actualise that because it will lighten the burden of most parents. There is also the issue of conserving our environment. It is very important to have solar energy as well as gas energy in our homes. You know we are going for a repeat election. Whether it will happen next week, next month or next year, we still need this money. It is paramount for this House to perform its duties by passing the Supplementary Budget so that in case election is repeated, we will have enough finances so that we do not have another issue that will put us in a quagmire like what we are facing at the moment. We have also seen money being pumped into the drought affected areas. Having come from Narok, most pastoralist communities have really faced drought during this season, and the weathermen are predicting tougher days ahead. The weather forecast is not very good for us who come from pastoralists areas. Therefore, when we have money pumped into these areas, it is really very good for us. With regard to cash transfer, we also have some money. Being among persons with disabilities, we really need to increase this cash transfer programme in order to reach many severely disabled persons as well as the senior citizens of our country. From Hon. Limo’s Report, it means that all persons who have reached the age of 70 will access this cash transfer programme. It was not wrong for Hon. Korere to say even our former Right Honourable Raila Odinga will benefit. This is because when we say 70 years and above he is within that age bracket. I have heard and learnt some lessons from this election period. One of the lessons is that some people - and we are not being malicious - have been asked to oppose electoral laws and they did not ask why and neither did they ask what else they should be opposing. This is because now we are discussing the Supplementary Budget and our colleagues are not here simply 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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