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    "id": 1458000,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Supplementary Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2024 that stemmed from the botched Finance Bill that was rejected by the President as a result of the pressure that arose from the Generation Zs. Whereas there is consideration of the JSS teachers who graduated from universities, there seems to be lack of attention to the P1 teachers who finished high school and joined teachers training colleges (TTCs) for training. Some of them graduated in 2010 and have not been absorbed by the Teachers Service Commission to date. So, I wish a certain portion of the funds would have been directed towards the P1 teachers even as 46,000 teachers are considered under the JSS category. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. There have been drastic budget cuts at a time when we were paying much credence to having food sufficiency within our country. Agriculture has been the backbone of our economy for way too long and we need to boost its capacity as a job creator and a food security element within the Republic of Kenya. People who are hungry cannot do anything worth talking about. Therefore, if we could have put more attention on agriculture, it could have assisted this country. Our number two revenue earner has been tourism. There seems to be very little money going towards marketing of the tourism sector and the attendant services offered by the tourism industry. These are areas that we need to put more attention into so that this country can have a renewed rapid flight on matters economic endowment. The health sector has become a challenge ever since. Whereas health is a devolved function, counties seem not to be doing a lot to offer medical services to our people. If you go to any health centre or hospital, one fundamental thing that you will be confronted with is lack of medicine and equipment to address issues of health care. So, this is one area that the Government needs to put more money in. We have indigents within our societies who have no capacity to pay for medical attention. Roads are dilapidated across our country. The situation was made worse by the floods that we experienced a few months ago. The road sector has not received a fair share of the budget and the little that has been directed on roads is only targeting a few areas within this country. So, under the spirit of equity, the country needs to consider all the roads because people move from all corners of our nation. Therefore, I support this Supplementary Appropriation (No.2) and I hope the Supplementary Appropriation (No.3) that will be coming up in about three or four months will try to fix imperfections that we are going to receive out of this budget. I thank you."
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