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    "id": 1000726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Koinange",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
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    "content": "To support manufacturing with the proposed allocation, the sector will install CCTV cameras in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru to enhance security to enable the implementation of the 24-hour economy. My Committee made the following reallocations that were critical, but not funded: Drug medicine in treating our youth in the Coast Region. It is on this basis that His Excellency the President directed that the Miritini National Youth Service Centre be reopened to rehabilitate the youth affected by drug and substance abuse, particularly during this time of COVID-19, where our jobless youth may be highly tempted to engage in drug abuse. My Committee recommended that Kshs100 million be set aside to go towards the operationalization of the Miritini National Youth Service Centre to assist the youth to overcome addiction, improve their lives and become productive members of the society. We hope to open more such centres in every region of this country as the economic situation improves. The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) of 2020 promised enhanced allocation to fight corruption. Such resources were to be utilised to ensure that all corruption suspects are brought to book and in record time. In acknowledgement of the fact that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been in the forefront in fighting corruption, however, the resources proposed towards the directorate were far much below their requirement. It is against this backdrop that my Committee recommended additional allocation of Kshs200 million to enhance their operations. We applaud the programme by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on recruitment of interns which was introduced in the Financial Year 2019/2020. This programme is critical towards equipping our youth with skills necessary for them to contribute towards the economic development of our country. The programme will further allow succession management, which currently bedevils our public service. The interns, upon going through the programme, will be absorbed into public service to address the gaps caused by natural attrition. We noted, however, that the programme is underfunded. Service delivery to wananchi is being hampered by delays in operationalization of new sub-county headquarters. We noted all this. We need more money to be injected to operationalize the sub-counties. I can see my time is almost up. Our Committee also noted with concern that the State Department of Interior still holds the human resource function of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), including the personnel emoluments budget that goes hand-in-hand with it. This should be taken back to the NPSC for ease of dealing with issues of the police."
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