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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "of the population in this nation. We cannot wish them away. We need to treat them well. When we are campaigning, we put them at the forefront. When we are making the Budget, we also need to remember them and give them what they deserve. This nation should think about them. I want to thank His Excellency the President because he is putting in more effort into this innovation that will take care of our youth. We also came across people living with disabilities. We have two bodies: the National Council for the Disabled of Kenya (NCDK) and the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD). As a Committee, we proposed that we need to merge the two bodies, so that they can take care of all the people living with disabilities. As a Committee, sometimes we wonder whom we oversee because it is only one body that comes to us but the other one does not. They receive Government kitty but Parliament does not oversee them. We need to merge the two bodies to make them efficient and effective. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this Budget will also take good care of markets. A bigger population in our constituencies earns its livelihood from markets. We need to upgrade these markets to a position that they are covered when it rains or when the sun is hot. That is so that traders can transact their businesses well. These places become very pathetic when it rains. The hot sun spoils their properties and produce. It will really help, and in a very big way if we build a market. There is also a chunk of money that we said we will give the State Department of Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs. They have too many pieces of land across the country that are not fenced. Because land grabbers have finished selling prime lands, they are now attacking Government property. We also set aside money for the land that belongs to Government. If it can be fenced and given proper care, these land grabbers will stay away as possible. They steal everything. Even things they know do not belong to them. They steal things that are coming to help their children. When their children come of age, they will not have a facility where they can go and play or a place where they can pass time as opposed to staying in houses. They can also go outside and play football. They have grabbed all these properties. That is why we gave money to the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs to make sure the properties are safeguarded for the benefit of our children. There is goodwill in this nation. Everybody has joined in to support His Excellency the President. I know it is the case even with the Finance Bill which we will debate next week. I am supporting it because I need more money in the Inua Jamii Programme where all our vulnerable groups are going to benefit. They can only benefit if the nation has money. I also want to go on record to say we should not do business as usual this time round. We cannot tolerate or engage in corruption at this time. I know you know these matters very well. One or two of the people caught in corruption cases and found guilty need to be hanged so that we set a record. If we hang one or two, corruption will be a thing of the past in this nation. We mean well and we are going to collect money from taxes. That is the mood of the nation. However, let us give our people back home confidence that this money is going to proper use. Let us not spare anybody caught on the wrong side of this money that we are going to collect, including myself. It does not matter which tribe or region one is from. It is high time we as leaders took up this mantle and said enough is enough. Once money is collected from the public, it needs to go to the intended use and not to people who say it is their time to eat. Anybody found guilty of taking from Government coffers should be hanged. It is me saying that while seated here. They need to be hanged like in other countries that have progressed. Singapore and some countries in Europe have progressed because they are corrupt-free nations. With the money we will collect, it will be enough for our programmes to succeed. We will have medicines in our hospitals, proper infrastructure, and enough money for the Inua Jamii Programme. I stand to support. Thank you very much. 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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