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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the budget given to this very important Ministry that as a Kenyan country we always are proud of the products from Kenya whenever they are performing their duties within and outside this country; we noted that the Ministry requested a total of Kshs28,116,200,000 for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs10,022,200,000 for Development Expenditure. However, they were allocated Kshs21 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs4 billion for Development Expenditure, giving a very serious shortfall of Kshs12.491 billion. This is a Ministry that is charged with ensuring that we are able to do research in order for this country to adapt the best policies for this country. That allocation the Ministry got was merely 2.96 per cent of the national annual Budget. It is the feeling of my Committee that this Ministry deserves more than what was given to them if we really want to change, especially in terms of producing the best personnel for our nation. Within the proposed new projects in the Ministry, I am glad to note, as the Chairman of the Committee, that the concerns of Kenyans, especially on the taking over of the tertiary institutions by the universities, was addressed in this Budget. Within the Budget, the Minister has provided for the construction of eight technical training institutes and within the Committee meeting, we requested that, that may not be enough especially given the fact that some provinces are too large to accommodate only one Government Technical Institute (GTI). I am glad to note from the Ministerâs sentiments that this number has risen to 12. We would like, as a Committee, to applaud this kind of move."
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