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    "id": 1459707,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1459707/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Makali",
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    "content": "young generation which is feeling left out in this Government. They do not feel that as legislators, we are taking up their issues seriously. In regard to the education sector, much as we have allocated a huge chunk of money towards education, we have problems in our educational institutions. If you go back to our secondary and primary schools, the capitation that is meant to go to those schools never reaches there as and when it is required. Currently, some of the schools have closed early for lack of capitation as head teachers are finding it very difficult to run those schools. We will be urging that as we move on, we need to begin allocating more resources towards the education sector because it is critical in the development of our nation. My other worry is towards infrastructure and rural electrification. Only 45 per cent of my constituency has electricity. It is unfortunate that in this supplementary budget, we have removed all those sums of money that were supposed to go towards the last mile rural electrification. On roads infrastructure, I have a road in my constituency, the Sang’alo-Dorofu-Musikoma Road which stalled way back in 2017. With these painful decisions that we are making in this Supplementary Appropriation Bill, it hangs in the balance. As we move towards the second Supplementary Appropriation Bill, I am hopeful that we will allocate more funds towards stalled projects. I am happy that we have tried to allocate some money towards our men in uniform, specifically our police officers. In the last one month, you would sympathise with police officers who had to put their lives on line to defend this country. Much as we are allocating some little increment towards their salaries…"
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