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"content": "hear his fellow colleague, Mr. Githae, talk of ammonium paper. I have also heard about it. I am a very illiterate man. When I read about ammonia, I thought it had something to do with gasses, only to realise that there is another one in his Ministry. I want the Minister to be very categorical that from today, not a single penny will be paid to officers from his Ministry who will be supervising public projects, particularly those supported by the CDF. You are squandering the opportunity that you are provided, of providing technical advice to Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) projects for those people to start making money. Each drawing of a school building costs between Kshs20,000 and Kshs30,000 per classroom. So, for ten classrooms, your officers make Kshs300,000 free money. That money does not go to the Ministryâs Appropriation-In-Aid (A-in-A) kitty. You are already paying them salaries. So, you cannot be sitting in this House, representing the Republic of Kenya, and watch your own Ministry becoming a den of corruption, yet you expect us to praise you to high heaven. We will praise you but not too highly. Mr. Minister, you have allocated money to 140 districts. I have just looked at this book on provinces and districts. I have a new district known as âLoimaâ. You have allocated it zero money. How do you expect us to build this district? In our case, we got the district for one reason â in order to take services closer to the people and improve security. I was sitting with my District Commission (DC) this afternoon, trying to see how we can give him a small structure, in order to house him, because I do not want him to stay in Lodwar. I want him to go where we want him to be with the people. I have encouraged officers to live the way we live. If it means going for days without water, so be it to our Government officers. Why do Government officers think that they are better mortals than the rest of the citizens in this Republic. We understand and appreciate that shelter is also a basic need. You should prioritise some of these districts, especially those in northern Kenya because, part of the problem of marginalisation and chronic poverty is the fact that Government services have not been available to our people. So, I would like the Minister, for once, to make a difference. I am being specific here. We cannot reduce an opportunity to interrogate the Government Budget just to an opportunity for lamentation and wailing and griping like old women, who become uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb, as Chinua Achebe told Aseje in one of his novels. Men appreciate being old. They say âold age is goldenâ. This was also said by hon. Gumo in this House last week. Mr. Minister, I have brought to your attention a case of ten employees in Turkana District, who have worked for your Ministry for over ten years but they are still casual employees. They have served for ten years on a continuous basis, but even when opportunities come for employment, you employ people from outside Turkana District. I gave you that matter. I am sure you must have smiled it away also. I will now speak on the condition of our airstrips. The other day, I wanted to land at my local airstrip known as âKalokolâ. They have not been inspected despite the fact that they are supposed to be inspected every year. With those remarks, I beg to support, and expect the Minister to take action this time round."
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