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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Rehema Jaldesa",
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    "content": "(Isiolo (CWR), JP): Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I had put an intervention to draw your attention, but I am glad you saw it. I also want to support the supplementary budget. However, I want to echo what was raised by the Minority Leader. He spoke for many of us and for many people out there, especially on the need for accountability and for this House to take our oversight role very seriously. I am saying this because in this House we do quite a lot, yet the impact is not felt on the ground. We have just allocated massive amounts to fight the COVID-19 tragedy in terms of intervention, yet Kenyans are suffering. They are suffering on top of their already existing situation. They are forced to wear masks, which of course we agree it is a necessity, but I am so disheartened to see boda boda riders, especially from my constituency who cannot even make Kshs100 per day being arrested because they cannot afford to wear a face mask. We have allocated Kshs43 billion and we have seen all these private companies donating, yet I have not seen a single donation in my county. I must thank Kenya Pipeline Company (KPL) because it is the only organization that gave us a hand sanitizer. Other than that, we have not received anything else even from the county. I can say my governor has not given a single face mask and yet we are in this House approving huge amounts of money. Let the Budget and Appropriations Committee or the National Treasury not take advantage of the situation to sneak in inequality in this budget allocation. I have gone through the document. Actually for the first time I read it item by item. When I looked at the amounts from the development partners, and I want Members here to critically look at them, there is a lot of inequality and inequity. Most of those funds are going to very few areas in this country. Therefore, we do not want to be seen as a House that serves the interest of few."
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