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    "content": ", I will not die before I see power? I told him no. With the kind of focus on constituencies, sooner or later, he would be connected. I can promise you that there is hope and I can feel it. This Ministry is key to attaining Vision 2030. Unfortunately, they could be running all alone. Where are the rest including my own Ministry? I believe we can do together what we must do to achieve Vision 2030. With coordination, we can attain Vision 2030. This Ministry is key to computerization. I know that the Ministry of Information and Communications is upbeat about the fiber optic cable. This will not be functional without this able Ministry. I think if every Government Department or Ministry worked, we would not be a sleeping nation but a working nation. The only unfortunate thing is that they requested for Kshs60 billion but we gave them Kshs30 billion. As a Member of the Cabinet, small or big as they say, I want to plead with the Committee of Budgetary Provisions to examine and consult with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and focus on the fact that upon Supplementary Estimates, the Rural Electrification Programme is given the money they deserve because they have used our money properly. I want to make a plea that the Ministry of Energy focuses on waiving this hefty payment on tea and coffee factories and other small-scale industries that require electricity. They can even begin a programme so that they can be connected and as they move on, they would recover their money. I think it is critical to mention that when farmers want to take-off, they find it difficult to pay those monumental sums of money so as to be connected with power. The other thing I am looking at is to enable and give the Kenya National Oil Corporation (NOCK) some little capacity and reserve for them to stock some capacity that will last for some time. They should also be allowed to trade like other oil companies so that they can reduce their overheads and contribute to the Exchequer because I know they can make money. What can they not do that other oil companies are doing? Therefore, we want to give the NOCK some empowerment to do more than just distribution. They can also trade. The fairness we see in this Ministry sends positive vibes among the society we live in today. I am asking that we move as a nation, without necessarily those biases we used to see. When I was a Backbencher, I asked for a bridge for five consecutive Parliamentary Sessions and I was always told that I would have the bridge when funds would be available. The funds were never available until the CDF came for me to do that road. The Budget for this year is constituency-based. I want to suggest that, that is the way to go for Kenyans for equity in terms of development. There are people who are suffering painfully in this country as if they do not belong here and yet, they are taxpayers. We need to support the focus we are seeing in this Ministry and all others and give them more money."
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