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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I would like to assure our good friend the Minister for Finance that any time you command us to give you money through your Budget Speech, we will give you. Even if you woke us up at midnight, Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, we will still give you that money. But as we give you that money, we would like you to also be prepared to listen to us, especially on our concerns. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I recall vividly that when the Minister made his last Budget Speech, there was so much hope. We were so proud of you. In fact, as you read the Statement we were saying: “Uhuru for President!”. Do you know why we said that? It is because you came out so well on what you were going to do on education, health and to make our economy recover through those Economic Stimulus Packages. You told us what you were going to do with agriculture and roads. You made us happy! But look; these many months later, where are we? If you tried to make a similar speech today, none of us would shout, “Uhuru for President”. This is because you have not proved yourself. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying this because I remember what is happening in education where there was so much hope. At that time, we did not know that as soon as the Minister receives the money, the biggest news in the education sector would be the scandal of Free Primary Education. We were told by the Prime Minister and the President that they were going to make sure investigations are going to be done to make sure that the funds that have been lost in free primary education are accounted for. Today, nothing seems to be happening! Again, the Government is waiting for us to come up with Ministerial Statements or Questions by Private Notice for them to give us an update of what is happening with the issue of Free Primary Education Programme. Even the Minister for Education, Prof. Ongeri himself has not come up to tell us how he utilized the funds that Mr. Uhuru gave him and the funds he got from the donor community. We are not happy! What do we see? We see a situation whereby when the results are announced at primary and secondary level, the only people who celebrate are the rich people who have their children in academies. The children in public schools do not"
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