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    "content": "Government has been doing its duties nevertheless. This Government took over projects like CBC that the previous Government was afraid of implementing. The CBC is not just an education system. It is also a huge expenditure line because every JSS student is capitalised on by the Government to the tune of over Ksh10,000 every year. This was not the case before. Therefore, the Government is spending Ksh650 billion on education – a sum which needs to be safeguarded. I want to assure Members that the funds for recruitment of the 46,000 JSS intern teachers have not been reduced. We have provided funds for confirmation to permanent and pensionable status for the JSS intern teachers. Anything else can wait but the JSS intern teachers’ confirmation cannot wait. We have also provided Ksh8 billion to the health sector. This House passed the SHIF Act. The three funds in the SHIF are important for the implementation of the Universal Health Coverage. We have provided Ksh8 billion as seed money to allow Kenyans to start benefiting from nearly free health services through the SHIF. In that regard, we have set aside Ksh3.7 billion for the confirmation of the interns in the health sector. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Kenya's economy is predominantly agrarian, which is not a point of pride. Economic growth is typically measured quantitatively through GDP, but we should also consider the qualitative aspects. The fact that a majority of Kenyans are engaged in agriculture is indicative of our current economic status. However, a developed economy is characterized by agriculture contributing less than 10 per cent to the GDP. Therefore, we need to work towards reducing the reliance on agriculture for economic growth. We need to consider our current situation. Kenya is still a developing country, with a majority of its population engaged in agriculture. Therefore, we have provided Ksh7.5 billion to the fertiliser subsidy programme for both food crops and cash crops. This subsidy will benefit coffee, tea, maize and other farmers. Additionally, we have allocated Ksh3 billion for the Coffee Cherry Fund and Ksh2 billion to repay debts owed to coffee farmers and societies. Furthermore, funds have been provided for sugar reforms to support our sugar farmers. To safeguard dairy farmers from low milk prices, we have allocated Ksh1.5 billion to ensure that they receive at least Ksh50 per litre even during times of abundant feed. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have provided Ksh2 billion that will go into the purchase of milk coolers. We had such a programme before with Poland where Kenya was to provide only 10 per cent and Poland 90 per cent in terms of loans."
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