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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "It is very disheartening for this Parliament to defend an already bad performance of last year to mean it is good. We have suffered and right now, we have children in Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs). Even the money that is supposed to come through the Ministry of Education has not come. We have children aged 11 to 12 years being sent home because there is no infrastructure and no lockers in those schools. It is quite an unfortunate situation. Recently, we saw the National Treasury announce proudly that they have released 100 per cent of all the monies for County Governments which is about almost Ksh400 billion. The money that is going to NG-CDF is Ksh44 billion, which is 10 per cent. And for the money that goes to the counties, one is not able to tell what it does or where that money goes to. The money that is felt in the grassroots, constituencies and in the country, is NG-CDF. I actually think the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Economic Planning owes you an apology because they have put you in a very funny position to speak on an issue that is not yours but that of the Committee. You had to make a promissory note to this House, and they have not honoured it. What we have heard today is an extended promissory note. It is time we put our foot down. This money is not for Members of Parliament, but for our constituencies and the whole country. It is the only equaliser in development that we can 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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