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    "id": 939513,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "“Each financial year, the Chief Registrar shall prepare estimates of expenditure for the following year, and submit them to the National Assembly for approval.” I hate to have to quote a Member of Parliament who was in the media the other day, saying that the National Assembly has failed Kenyans. He said that they have failed in their role to manage the budget, and put the Executive in check when it comes to spending and borrowing. As I was trying to listen to Sen. Kang‟ata trying to say that we should support austerity measures, yes, we are where we are, having overspent on loans that we have taken. Now we have to look for loans to retire the current expensive ones. It is a question of turning around a business. Madam Temporary Speaker, how do you turn around a business? Is the Judiciary where you will get your savings from? This is where it becomes sad, because we are wondering where they have checked to see where to cut money from. From the figures presented in this Statement by Sen. Cherargei, the world over, judiciaries are given 3.5 per cent of the national budgets. Currently from this Statement, one can see that it is at 0.57 per cent of the budget of the Financial Year 2019/2020. The year before, it was at 0.7 per cent, which is a far cry. Beyond that, they want to cut it by half. Honestly we have to say that we have an Executive that has no intention to fight corruption and to give Kenyans access to justice. I support this Statement and say that we need to do a lot more, as Parliament. Madam Temporary Speaker, yesterday, I felt as if we almost gave the Government a blank cheque to go ahead and borrow some more. Whereas we understand that they want to borrow to retire old loans, what checks and balances have we put in place to make sure that the borrowed money will do that work? The Judiciary is not where the Executive should be looking to cut money for austerity. I thank Sen. Cherargei for bringing this matter forth. We must fight, as Parliament, to retain the Judiciary and give it the powers it requires. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to support."
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