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    "content": "what their roles are in the development agenda. Apart from that, our locational committees need some motivation in terms of tokens from that money. You do not expect us to identify the students to give bursaries through those people, while they get nothing in return. We should give them lunches and some allowances for leaving their work in various areas. Some funds should be factored in to ensure that those people are given some money. I know that there is money for monitoring and evaluation. But it is not enough to take care of those people. With regard to the Bursary and CDF Committees, I would like to ask the Minister to consider motivating those people, so that they can do their work. They should not be tempted to share the money with the contractors or give us the wrong recommendations in terms of bursaries that we give to our students. I want to thank the Minister for campaigning for me in my constituency. When I was campaigning the other time, one of the things that I talked about was improving the standards of education in Migori. Unfortunately, after I was elected, Migori was split into Rongo, Nyatike and Uriri. I am a teacher by profession. I put up very good schools in uriri and Rongo when I was a teacher. Unfortunately, those schools are no longer in Migori. That means that we are now orphans in terms of education. The Kshs30 million that we are getting to put up a centre of excellence in the education sector is quite welcome in my constituency. I want to assure you that, if you give me two years and then come to Migori, you will see that, that money will be well utilized. That is my desire and I will fulfill it. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with regard to the employment of teachers on contract basis, that is necessary because we are lacking teachers all over. I do not think we can oppose that proposal as Parliament. Those are trained teachers. At one stage, those teachers will have to be employed. Why can the Ministry of Education not plan to absorb those teachers after teaching on contract for one or two years into the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)? That will make the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) rest. KNUT is complaining because it does not see the job security of those teachers. Those are trained teachers who are capable of teaching. They are teaching at the moment. We need to enable the Boards of Governors (BOGs) to ensure that those teachers are absorbed and made use of in our various schools which are, at the moment, lacking teachers. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to congratulate the Minister for the Kshs20 million that he has given to each constituency to put up a health centre. Again, that was my initial plan when I campaigned in 2007. Actually, we have a health centre in Migori, which is the District Hospital at the moment. It is more or less a referral hospital. I think with that money, we can have a place where our patients can be properly treated, if that money is utilized properly. I hope that the money will be utilized properly in my constituency. We are talking about 20 nurses per constituency, which has been factored in the Budget. Of course, we cannot say much about this. This is most welcome. You remember that we have put up health centres and dispensaries in our various constituencies using the CDF money. But we lack staff in those health facilities. I hope that will go a long way in ensuring that the health centres which have been build are taken care of. We also need training centres in most of our constituencies to cater for those people. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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