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    "speaker_name": "Tongaren, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Chikati",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. Yes, right. To some extent, the Budget Estimates are also responding to the drought situation in the country. That is through the allocation of money for relief, emergency response; as well as for general drought mitigation. It is something that we need to support because the country is passing through many difficulties. For many years, we have not had sufficient rainfall. I also note that Ksh20 billion has been set aside for financial inclusion in this Budget through the hustlers fund. The uptake so far in three months is around Ksh10 billion. That means there were people in the community, especially the low-class people or let me say people at the grassroots level, who had been denied this kind of facility. Therefore, there is much interest to access that facility. Hon. Speaker, 1.2 million learners are going to receive support, especially in junior secondary schools. As you may be aware, junior secondary schools are having many problems through the current Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) programme, where we are having more than 100 students in a school with only two teachers in a class. Each teacher is teaching probably 14 subjects. Part of those funds should enable the Government to hire more teachers and equip those schools so that their capacity can increase in order for them to handle the new curriculum. Through the Chairperson who steered this process, I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I beg to support."
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