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    "id": 1077096,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gichugu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the Estimates for 2021/2022 Financial Year. This is a very important exercise for this country. Looking at the Report before this House, we see that there is a shortfall of about Ksh8.4601 billion in the Budget. It is worrying that most of the projects that were intended to be funded under the Big Four Agenda have not achieved the intended purpose. One of the areas that is very critical for this country is industrialization. In my understanding, industrialization is the sector that broadens the tax base. Once industries flourish, we have many people paying taxes and building this country. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Industry, Trade and Co-operatives and, truth be told, there is very little allocation towards industrialization of this country. In that case, this country would most rely on existing industries because no enabling environment has been provided for the industries to flourish or for new industries to be established. Most taxes, therefore, will still come from the money that is being paid to employees by the same Government. As we move forward, it is high time that the Government engaged another Dream Team. Most of the projects being implemented are under the Vision 2030 were crafted by a Dream Team involving serious economists in this country. This is the time the Government thought of assembling another Dream Team so that we can have a clear path on where we want to take this country going forward. The infrastructure budget has a shortfall of about Kshs99 billion. This raises a lot of concerns because infrastructure is the main enabler of the other Big Four Agenda programmes that have been proposed by the Government. In particular, at the Committee of Supply, I would expect Members to see if we can allocate enough money to infrastructure.This is because like in my constituency Gichugu, we have been following for a project for a road that would actually enable food production and delivery to the markets and create more jobs at the local levels for the last 5 years. That road has never started because of lack of funds. I believe this is the opportune time that we should give priority to infrastructure especially on roads so that we can facilitate our people to achieve development in other areas. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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