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    "id": 1459666,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for allowing me the two minutes. We should apply equity in the budget-making process and allocate Ksh2.5 billion to every constituency for construction of low volume 10-kilometre roads. The allocation is about Ksh145 billion. If we allocate Ksh72 billion and share it equitably, every constituency will receive about Ksh250 million for water and other such projects. Every village in this country will experience development associated with such share of the allocation. If we allocate Ksh100 million to every constituency towards electricity, every household, school and shopping centre will be connected to electricity. That would amount to Ksh29 billion of the whole budget. If we do away with the bursary funds that are normally allocated to the NG-CDF, the county governments, the national government and the presidential bursary kitty, we will save Ksh70 billion. This money can be used to fund secondary school programme and make secondary school education free. When you add the money for roads, water, electricity and bursaries to secondary schools in every constituency, you only get Ksh316 billion. How much are we appropriating today? A sum of Ksh4 trillion. However, if you go to the villages, you will find no road, water or electricity. It is high time this House re-examined how we prepare our budgets so that we ring-fence allocations to fund real development projects in our villages. Hon. Speaker, the introduction of the hustler fund was one of the best initiatives undertaken by His Excellency the President to try and stimulate economic growth in this country. However, the fund has not been felt on the ground. The Hustler Fund is now similar to the Fuliza financial service that is being operated by Safaricom. If you divide the Ksh50 billion that we allocate to the hustler fund amongst the 290 constituencies, every constituency will get Ksh172 million. If this money is injected into Uwezo Fund, it will support development initiative of several self-help groups in our villages, especially youth and women groups. As a result, this money will be properly in circulation and people will feel it. People have borrowed from the Hustler Fund, like they do borrow from Fuliza and disappear. Some people have thrown away the SIM cards they used to borrow the money, and they are not paying back. This House has to take up the role of appropriating the Hustler Fund so that it is allocated directly to the constituencies. The youths and women can form groups and get empowered through this money. With those remarks, I support this Bill. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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