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    "id": 1383919,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Musa Sirma",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I would like to congratulate the Chairman and members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the good BPS. The amount of money given to constituencies for financing rural projects through the NG-CDF is a good blessing to Kenyans. This is the only money which is seen in the rural areas. When you consider the billions of shillings that are given to county governments, you do not see any projects on the ground. Therefore, I urge the constituency committees to ensure that the money is properly utilised. The money allocated to education, and especially for confirmation of teachers in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), is a welcome move. However, some of our constituencies do not provide free education. We still fund the payment of teachers. In my constituency, there is a school which has three teachers that are employed by TSC, with a population of over 500 students. Parents pay for the other 10 teachers. So, why are we talking about free education when we do not have enough teachers? The TSC is very unfair. It is unjust to some constituencies, especially mine. I echo what Hon. Murugara and the Leader of the Majority Party have said on rural electrification. We cannot talk about equal distribution of that money if we do not talk about equity. Equitable distribution is giving constituencies that have 30 per cent connectivity, like my constituency, and those that have 90 per cent connectivity different amounts of money. We want that to happen so that it is equitable. Baringo County was left out in the distribution of donor funds for electrification in this country. I do not know why and yet; we are the first county in alphabetical order. How can it be missed? In my constituency, the last good road was built by Jomo Kenyatta. Up to now, we do not have another tarmacked road. All other roads were convenience roads for some people or leaders at that time. The only road that was purposed to serve us was built by Jomo Kenyatta, who died many years ago. Even our children did not see him. When the Budget and 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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