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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
    "speaker_title": "August 19, 2009 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2804 The Assistant Minister for Labour",
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        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to second the Vote on the Office of the Prime Minister. First, I want to wish the Prime Minister well because the job he is engaged in is a very difficult and intricate job. At one time, he even said here in Parliament that he was prepared to pay a political price. With regard to whatever he is doing in Mau Forest, which is part of his mandate, he will not mind even if it will cost him his political future. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of the Kazi Kwa Vijana programme which falls under the Office of the Prime Minister. Indeed, it had a false start and was too bad for some of us in our constituencies. This money was meant to assist the jobless youth, but it ended up benefiting the District Commissioners (DCs), District Officers (DOs), the chiefs and the well to do people. There are places; especially in my constituency and others where you will find that millions were brought for the Kazi kwaVijana Programme. Youth worked for two days, but in the returns, they were falsified to appear as if they had worked for more than 20 days. This is not the picture that we want the Office of the Prime Minister to portray. I know that he is a very serious man. He is thorough and always believes in efficiency and value for whatever money that comes in his hands. I appeal that now that he has his officers here, they should go and re-assess how this programme is being implemented. Who is benefitting from it, so that we have corrective measures from the start before we go to the next financial year? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, also under the Prime Minister’s Office is the Public Service transformation. For a very long time, the public has not been getting value for the taxes they pay. If you went to any office, up to now, as the Assistant Minister, at times I become ashamed when I call another Minister’s office and get the reception so unconcerned and casual. So, you will find that most of our civil servants to date need a lot of retraining. I am very happy that the Minister of State for Public Service, hon. Otieno, who is also a very thorough man, is here. He promised to embark on serious work to ensure that we have civil servants who deliver. We do not want people who just malinger in offices, hang coats there and do nothing. One night, I fell sick in Busia and I was taken to a district hospital. It was very difficult to find nurses and doctors despite my position in this Government. It took me around 12 hours to be treated. Now, take a case of an ordinary Kenyan. We need to enhance efficiency in the Civil Service."
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