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    "id": 805259,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we must appreciate that the people who interact with departmental committees are Chairs and Members and not the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. However, I am informed reliably by the Vice-Chair of the Committee that the project is called Mama Ngina Drive Waterfront Development Initiative. It is in Mombasa and I do not have information on what it relates to. The Vice-Chair or the Members of that particular departmental committee are here. I also indicated that the departmental committee had reallocated a total of Kshs426 million. This is Kshs200 million from the Mama Ngina project, Kshs100 million from another Vote still under this programme and a further Kshs100 million from a railway museum. On the wisdom of the Committee, they reallocated that money and the Budget and Appropriations Committee agreed with them. They said that the Ushanga Initiative, according to them, had more direct impact on the people of Kenya. As you heard from the Vice-Chair this morning, the Ushanga Initiative is touching the lives of our pastoralists’ farmers especially those from the Maa Community, Turkana and Marsabit. They are the people who do beadwork and men and women who are doing art crafts and other projects. This is a very good programme for the communities. It is not just promoting tourism, but empowering communities in those areas. Besides, it has also come up with safety net projects that we are doing for the elderly. They are recruiting women in those groups and listing them for the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). They seek to ensure that the people are truly empowered at the local level. Therefore, this money has been reallocated from that kitty to the Ushanga Initiative as follows: Kshs200 million, Kshs100 million and another Kshs100 from a railway museum. I am told in the wisdom of the Committee, they felt that Kenya Railways can build their own museum. We do not need to allocate money from the Ministry of Tourism to build a museum for them."
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