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    "id": 1383864,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "We have also heard of the NG-CDF increment. The NG-CDF has enabled visible development in rural areas. With audits running 12 months a year, it is vital to channel money through NG-CDF because it is best utilised and ensures that the money is applied to what it has been budgeted for. Thank you for the increase. Members of Parliament have no role to play in NG-CDF, but we promise that the committees will take care of the money and ensure there is development. The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) is important. Electricity is required everywhere in the country, not just in the urban areas. The proposal to share Ksh15 billion equally may not be equitable. Today, some constituencies are lagging behind in grid connectivity. My constituency, Tharaka Constituency, has grid connectivity of not more than 25 per cent. In 2017, it was at 9.5 and now it is at 25 percent. We are not doing well. If that is compared to Kiambu constituencies which are currently at almost 100 per cent across, it is not fair. We will be making representations to the House regarding the equitable distribution of the money that is allocated to REREC. Not equal but equitable. This will ensure those who have been left behind get more than those who are enjoying almost 100 per cent connectivity. We need electricity to grow rural constituencies. Without it, we cannot speak of rural development. Hon. Speaker, whatever strategy we use, we cannot develop without electricity and, more so, for rural constituencies. We must be talking about water and roads. When that time comes, we shall be looking. I will particularly be quite keen to see what Tharaka will be getting from this budget to uplift its electricity, roads, water and whatever other level of development we require. As we speak, this House has made several motions and debates in Acts on the need of a group of people in national Government administration known as area managers. Those people should now be considered in this budget because every time we pass a motion or a law, we are told there are no funds available to remunerate them. I will be calling upon the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to have a line for the area managers and much more in the budget estimates. With those, Hon. Speaker, I beg to support."
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