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    "content": "so many children have gone to school. The challenge that we have today is employing teachers to teach these students. I would like to sincerely challenge the Ministry that we sincerely reconsider--- It was my wish – and I did indicate this on the Floor of the House when we were debating the Budget last year – that the Ministry could have considered providing for funds to ensure we employ some teachers within this particular period of time. It is my appeal to the Ministry, as we move to the next Budget, that we fully consider this matter because we are talking about children from very poor families. Today one teacher is teaching up to 300 pupils in a primary school. Honestly, we are making education to be for the rich. We must, as an honorable House, protect the very poor. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we must ensure prudent management of our resources. Many people have talked about corruption. We must lead by example and ensure that all the resources allocated to every Ministry are fully utilized. Therefore, there is need to ensure that there is frequent auditing of each and every Ministry. If it requires more funding I would really want to propose that we give more funding to the audit office, so that we can audit and ensure that the management of our resources is up to date. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also necessary that the Committees in Parliament are also fully supported and funded. The Committees should work very closely with the Ministries to ensure that they overcome challenges, so that together we can move this country forward. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the infrastructure, especially the roads, I would like to really appreciate and thank the Government for the initiative of ensuring that we improve our roads. It is important that we open up roads, especially in the areas where there is a lot of food production. We would like to see many tarmac roads across the country. My constituency, for example, has been promised a tarmac road since 1974; to date there is not even five inches of tarmac. Even if it means tarmacking only one kilometre into my constituency, that would be progress, because we shall not start at the same point. It is important that we open up roads across the country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, since Independence we have talked of providing Kenyans with clean water. This is an endeavour that requires serious attention, especially for people who live in the shopping centres. Can we ensure that, at least, most shopping centres have water? You can imagine that my district headquarters, Kabiyet, does not have piped water. You will find a District Commissioner (DC) going to the river to fetch water and that happens to the rest of the senior civil servants. Therefore, there is need to give more funding so that we can provide clean water to all Kenyans."
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