Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1383793,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1383793/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 625,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I will go to the specifics. There are very many important things that we have been able to do. I will speak very fast. Due to security threats, we have enhanced the budget ceilings of the majority of our security organs because we cannot talk about economic growth if we have security challenges. We have allocated Ksh67 billion to water. We have allocated Ksh220 billion to roads, especially to the completion of ongoing tarmac roads. On agriculture, we have allocated funds for fertiliser subsidies for all crops. The fertilisers are crop-specific. We have allocated funds for other farm inputs like BT cotton, sunflower seeds, and all other value chains that we are targeting. We have also established a ceiling of Ksh2 billion for the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund to guarantee coffee farmers prices through guaranteed minimum returns. We are also allocating Ksh1 billion to sugar reforms to pay the arrears of Kenyan farmers who are owed by factories. We have enhanced our health sector budget to Ksh151 billion, of which we are giving Ksh4 billion as conditional grants to our counties to upgrade the equipment in our Level 1, 2 and 3 hospitals in our villages. This is where I need to capture the Members’ attention. Members of Parliament come to my office many times, and I am always happy to benefit from their wisdom. I am talking about the collective wisdom of this House. I also want to laud the President because he used to be a Member of Parliament and a majority of the things that I will read are his brainchild. First, we have allocated Ksh35 billion to social security so that we can facilitate those who are aged 70 years and above, and who were registered last year, to continue or to start receiving their stipend. We have enhanced the education budget, specifically the budget of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) by Ksh26.3 billion. As a result of the resolutions of this House, all our 26,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) interns will be confirmed to permanent and pensionable terms. The Government will also hire an extra 20,000 interns to bridge the gap in our learning institutions. For the independence of this House and to accelerate its efficient legislative role, we have enhanced Parliament’s budget by Ksh2.8 billion. As Members may know, many people out there think that the legislature only refers to Members of Parliament, but we also have staff and other apparatus. Kenyans who work in our constituency offices do not have an enhanced budget. Thanks to this Budget Policy Statement (BPS), constituency offices will get an enhancement of Ksh131,000 per month by July. The same goes for drivers and bodyguards. 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"
}