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"content": "do well because the funds that would have educated these children end up lining the pockets of the powerful and rich in this country. Do we want to be passing budgets here so that the children of the rich would continue being the only ones who make it to national schools and universities? Obviously, as I know you support me, the answer is ânoâ. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we come to health, the only news we hear, in spite of the money we gave you hon. Minister, is that there is a shortage of medicines in all our provincial hospitals not to mention district and health centres. When you come to agriculture, in spite of the bumper harvest in unique places like Ukambani, the Minister is aware that purchases of these bumper harvests have not been very well coordinated. What is more? As we wait that these people would get encouraged out of the bumper harvest, the only news we hear is that now, we have got 40 billion tones of Genetically Modified maize that has been imported to this country. Unknown to the House, in the House of Scotland, yesterday for one hour, they discussed the maize that has been imported into this country. If it concerns the people in Scotland, how come it does not concern our Government that this genetically Modified maize has come to the local market to hurt it? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, speaking about agriculture and the planting season, especially in the western part of Kenya where we were expecting that farmers would get subsidized fertilizer, what happened? We went to the stores in Kakamega, Butali, Bungoma and Kitale and the cheap fertilizer was not there. After we ended the planting season, you go to the godowns of the West Kenya Factory and find the Asians there hoarding fertilizer. In spite of the local Member of Parliament, the hon. Minister for Housing raising the alarm, we are yet to hear of anything positive being done about this fertilizer that was stolen and hidden in the godowns in West Kenya Factory. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to encourage my brother the hon. Minister for Finance that the Economic Stimulus Package is not too late. Now that we are releasing the money, let us see those centres of excellence starting to be constructed. Just like all other constituencies, nothing is moving in the primary schools and secondary schools and yet we know that, that money has not been lost. It means you have not arranged nicely on how the money can reach the projects. I saw the Minister for Fisheries Development here. He went around constituencies in Kenya and told Kenyans, âLet us make pondsâ. People have dug ponds all over Western Province and Central Province. There are no fingerlings. The man has disappeared. We do not know what is happening with that project. People are wondering probably, we were conning them. Some of them were destroying prime land which they would have used to plant to create room for ponds. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to mention something about roads. I do not think it is the problem of the Minister for Finance. The Minister for Finance seems to be caught captive with the skewed manner in which privatization of road construction is done in this country. It looks like for a road to be done, either the Prime Minister or the President must come from that region. It is very interesting these days; I can drive very comfortably from Nairobi up to Kisumu. The road is good! Why? It ends in Kisumu because the Prime Minister comes from there. When I drive to go to Githunguri and Ms. Karuaâs constituency, I find the roads are very good. Why? This is because the President comes from there. How I wish that we are going to have a new Constitution that is going to make sure that funds are not going to follow the occupant of the seat of the Executive."
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