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    "id": 1456641,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Okay. Thank you. On capacity building for farmers, I am happy that the programme on subsidised fertilizer is ongoing. How I wish that fertiliser is availed to the farmers in a timely manner. For example, in Uasin Gishu County, our planting season is between January and April. I wish that fertiliser would get to our stores as early as December so that when farmers harvest their maize and sell, they can purchase it. Money has so many uses. Nobody can keep it to buy fertiliser when they need to pay school fees and meet other needs. I support the fund for coffee and tea farmers. This is a great way to develop the nation. With regard to the increase of police officers’ salaries as stated in this Budget, it is important for us to consider our armed forces because they have a very difficult job. They work late and we saw the challenges they experienced during the demonstrations, which have lasted for one-and-half months. This will motivate them because they work under very difficult circumstances. I am not happy with the budget-cuts on infrastructure development. My constituency has many roads which are in a dilapidated condition. A case in point is a road in a place called Seretio where a bridge has collapsed and students are unable to access their schools. It is unfortunate that the budget-cuts have affected such critical services. In this financial year, we had been allocated funds for tarmacking roads in two specific areas; that is, Tachasis-Karandili-Chebiemit. This promise was made 10 years ago. Also, Kapmukono-Birika Road has been in a dilapidated condition for many years. I was hoping that those roads would be tarmacked, but it is now unfortunate that, that might not happen. I hope that in the next supplementary budget, those roads will be included so that the people of Moiben Constituency can also feel that they are part of Kenya. I have also noticed that the budget for the last mile connectivity has been cut. In my constituency, we are still at 35 per cent electricity connectivity. Possibly, that is why most Generation Zs are unhappy. Very few people are connected to electricity and we still have schools without electricity. That is where inequality begins. I wish this Budget had considered affirmative action in areas with bad roads, lack of water and poor electricity connectivity. I hope this will be included in the next supplementary budget. Every constituency was going to get additional funding for NG-CDF. It is unfortunate that there is a budget-cut because NG-CDF and NGAAF are Funds which are felt at the grassroot level."
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