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    "id": 956371,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think the presentation by the Chair of Budget and Appropriations Committee was so good. It woke up my mind on the many reasons why some Kenyans sometimes demean Parliament. Partly, why we are demeaned is because we look like we lack the capacity to oversee the monies which remain with the national Government, other Government agencies and departments. That is why they fight us. This discourse is very good for us and because of time limits, I will deal with one aspect. Could we as Parliament in this discussion look at how the money is remitted to the different ministries and departments, whether they are the county governments or other Government agencies? A lot of this money is remitted towards the end of the financial year and this leads to terrible wastages. The line ministries get involved in seminars and other quick fixes when the financial year is ending. Hon. Speaker, as we speak now and as Hon. Mbadi has alluded to, three months have ended and we are not spending the money. Then, the last minute all the money will be used leading to wastage. Currently, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is way over Kshs10 trillion, but the Budget is about Kshs3 trillion. I was talking to some economist who told me that we 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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