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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, then there is the issue of idle labour. To be able to maximize development, we need to look at a policy that addresses the issue of our Armed Forces and prisoners not participating in productive work in the absence of war for the Armed Forces and the prisoners having programmes, especially farming programmes to be able to feed themselves and actually have surplus for sale. It is an issue which, maybe, needs to be looked at. On agriculture, I want to congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance on the measures he has taken about driers and improving agricultural production generally. But I would hope that it could also extend to cooling plants for every constituency, so that we can have less wastage of milk when it is produced in large quantities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) was an excellent idea which has delayed mainly because of delays in procurement and also public officers in the Ministry of Public Works, who are rather slow in terms of giving out advice and bills of quantities for construction and also the correctness of it. That is an issue which, I believe, needs to be addressed quite urgently. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, there is also the issue of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC). I would have hoped that there would be more funding for this institution, so that every constituency in the next voting round will have electronic voting to avoid the problems we had after the year 2007 elections. I hope that these measures can be addressed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to conclude by saying that efficiency in the Ministry of Finance alone is not sufficient to produce the amount of development we need. We must also have other departments being efficient. I have a case in mind right now of the Registrar of Companies Office where for the last two months no company has been formed because they are computerizing. I would have thought that they would be running parallel. It is instances and departments like those which delay development. I would urge the Minister to follow up that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to support."
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