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    "id": 914273,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, just allow me to profoundly thank Members for the support that they have accorded the Budget and Appropriations Committee throughout the budget-making process from the time we started considering the Estimates at the beginning of May. They agreed to use their time during the recess period when they should have been meeting with their constituents. They devoted a lot of time sitting in committee rooms. There are those who even had retreats outside Nairobi and took time away from their families to consider the 2019/2020 Budget Estimates. I particularly want to appreciate Members because we had a lot of work. We had to consider the 2019/2020 Budget Estimates and, at the same time, consider the Second Supplementary Estimates for 2018/2019. Therefore, I take this opportunity to thank all the Chairs of Committees, their Vice-Chairs and Members of Parliament for the devotion that they have shown and their determination to work for the people of this country. We are often not appreciated as MPs by members of the public. I can tell you - being the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee - of the commitment and devotion that Members have shown throughout the budget-making process. Members showed very keen interest in providing meaningful oversight. I have seen critics in the media saying that this House is a rubberstamp. I want to confirm to the country that the Members of this House take their work seriously. There are a number of changes that were made to the Estimates that were tabled in this House. This afternoon, the interest that you saw in the sanitary towels in terms of the proposed amendments from the National Treasury tells you that Members are alert and alive to what is going on in the country and the budget-making process. They take keen interest in what is going on. I also want to request those in the Executive to create synergy between different ministries and the National Treasury to ensure that, by the time these Estimates come to this House, they have, at least, in principle, agreed on the one route or avenue that they will take in terms of those areas where there may be conflicts between two ministries. Lastly, let me thank the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. These are people who, for a whole week and two days, were holed up somewhere in a retreat to finalize these two budgets - the Second Supplementary Estimates and the 2019/2020 Budget Estimates. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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