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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, I also want to congratulate the Minister for prioritizing infrastructure development. No country can grow economically if her infrastructure is not working. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you went to any part of this country, you will either find a road that has been completed or one that is under construction. This is a good sign. The Minister also touched on the district roads. Members of Parliament have been having problems for a long time. This time round, the Minister decided to solve these problems once and for all. There are also funds from the Fuel Levy Fund. These funds have been distributed equally to the 210 constituencies in this country. However, you cannot show the people what that Fund has done. This money will now be under the supervision of Members of Parliament. It is my hope that we are going to construct our roads and other infrastructure using this money. I hope we are going to utilize these funds well. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to congratulate the Minister for putting a lot of money in education. I remember the first President of this country said that we fought for our Independence because we wanted to remove ignorance, disease and famine. If you look at this Budget, about Kshs30 million has been allocated to every constituency to put up schools. This is a good gesture. As I said, the plight of every Kenyan was touched. For the first time, the disabled were given a revolving fund. If these funds are going to be well managed, we are going to say goodbye to poverty. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister also allocated some money to reforms. In 2007, we went to an election and we almost lost our country. The time for us to reform our countryâs laws is now. We must have the reform today, not tomorrow. The Minister allocated about Kshs2 billion for reforms. Hopefully, by the end of this financial year, we are going to have a new Constitution that Kenyans have been yearning for. The Minister said that we can have everything but without light, we would be a country in darkness. He allocated a lot of funds to the energy sector. Investors are going to invest in Kenya to drill oil and gas. This is going to help our people. People in the rural areas are no longer going to use charcoal. That way, we are going to conserve our forests. People will use gas which is cheaper."
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