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    "id": 1095933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lunda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand in support of the Question by the Member for Teso South, but I take objection to the submission by the Hon. Member for Umurua Dikirr that building of schools in this country is the prerogative of the NG- CDF. We passed the budget in this House and one of the biggest chunks of that budget goes to the education sector. Actually, more than 30 per cent of the national budget goes to the Ministry of Education. Compare that with the 2 per cent of the national Government’s share of the budget that goes to the NG-CDF. So, coming here to say that building of schools is the business of the NG- CDF is getting it wrong. This thing needs to be clarified because I have heard even the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education himself say that Members of Parliament must build schools. A person not less than the President himself has said that Members of Parliament are actually supposed to build schools when you consider that the NG-CDF share of the budget is only 2 per cent, which is shared out amongst the 290 constituencies. The mandate of the NG-CDF is defined in the Act. There are so many other things that are supposed to be done. So, if you lump this thing and say that Members of parliament are responsible for building schools in this country, we are getting it wrong. However, the rest of the point is correct. Having said that…"
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