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    "id": 841986,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/841986/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "Technology (ICT) of about Kshs5.9 billion. I am concerned because we cannot talk about the Big Four Agenda without ICT as a driver. We cannot talk about innovation in this country if we are reducing the budget of ICT. I think this budget was meant for the Konza City, which those of us who are in the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation were very glad that now the Government had taken a positive step to ensure that this country innovates. However, that has further been reduced and that will mean that we will not take the Konza City Project. I am also looking at Vote No.1081 under the programme on Health Policy Standards and Regulation. This has been allocated over Kshs11 billion, but if you look at the last financial year, it had Kshs1.7 billion. We need to be very clear on what constitutes health policy standards and regulation. In the next budget cycle, the budget estimates must give us finer details so that we can interrogate further. Giving huge figures to Votes which are not very clear and not itemised is very confusing and it is actually retarding the performance of Parliament in terms of offering budget oversight. I am also concerned about Vote No.1185 specifically on the programme on the National Social Safety Net. Whereas I agree that this programme is important because it helps our elders and other disadvantaged groups, there has been a huge increase from last year. Last year, the figure was Kshs5.8 billion, but now we are asking for more than that. We need a clear explanation about this considering that when we go to the villages, elders tell us that they do not get this money or it comes late. Some of those Votes can be used to fill the budget gap. There is also Vote No.1023 on the State Department for Correctional Services, which is to do with prisons."
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