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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion. From the onset, I want to appreciate and thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Under very difficult circumstances, locally and globally, the Committee was able to sit down and look at the issues that affect this country. We know we face a public health crisis. Having said that, I have some concerns particularly on my constituency. I want to thank and congratulate the Committee for the good work. The health sector should have been given the highest priority. Going through the Report of the Committee, I do not see serious commitment and allocation of resources to the health sector, considering the disasters that we face at this unique time in our lives. I know the Government has tried so much, particularly the CS for Health. When he came on board under very difficult circumstances, he started putting his house in order. There are county governments that have done a good job in terms of preparation with the little resources that they have. I can cite Mombasa County Government which has done so well in preparations. Congratulations to Governor Ali Joho. I want to tell other governors who are sleeping on their job to emulate Hassan Ali Joho. I also want to thank the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. They have burned the midnight oil. But we are worried as a Committee. When you look at the Mining Department, it is a very important department which can transform this country in a big way. When you allocate only Kshs300 million to that kind of department, then it cannot even The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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