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    "content": "Mr. Peter Munya, just listen! I did statistics and economics! Looking at the ordinary revenues of Kshs522 billion, 2.5 per cent of that sum is Kshs13,050,000,000, and not Kshs12,329,000,000. That is my calculation. That is the minimum amount he should have given us by law. He is at liberty to give us the highest percentage possible. So, I wish to give notice to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that my CDF Committee will be calling upon him for further clarification as to how such errors have persisted for a while. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would have expected the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to look into the issues of Agenda Four seriously. This must be the year of reforms. This Parliament has discharged its constitutional obligation to this nation by ensuring that all the Committees have been appointed, but these Committees must be riding like yesterday. It is on record that the Prime Minister, whom the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance quoted as having been consulted almost four times in his Budget Speech, as having said that they will deliver a new Constitution within 12 months. Twelve months is one calendar year but the question is: “When do the 12 months begin?” We must put specific time-frames that indicate exactly when you begin something and when you end it. That is because 12 months, according to the way we have been told, elapsed last April. The worst case scenario was supposed to be June. This is not just a problem with the Prime Minister. We are talking about governance – the Government being committed to reforms. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government must provide the leadership in the reforms. They have the mandate to rule. They were given that mandate by Kenyans. Even in what we call “negotiated democracy” that brought about the Grand Coalition Government, they still have that mandate, and even a greater mandate with a bit of the negotiated democracy. For how long are we going to keep talking about reforms in the country when nobody is taking specific steps to ensure that those reforms are done? Reforms are expensive and, therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance is called upon to ensure that they happen. Maybe, this can be considered seed money. The sum of Kshs2 billion needs to be enhanced and increased. I hope that in the course of business, when the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance brings to this House the Supplementary Budget, he will look into the issue of institutions of reforms and make sure that Agenda Four is realised sooner rather than later. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, we are talking about the World Desertification Day – a day that has been made to appear like it is just a day for the Minister for Environment. We come from constituencies that have real problems. When the whole world was thinking about polio being eradicated from the whole world, as we speak today, 16 case of polio have been reported in Turkana. As we speak, over 200 cases of cholera have been reported in Marsabit District. Those two diseases demonstrate only one thing; that immunisation is not being conducted in northern Kenya. It means that access to health facilities is extremely wanting to the extent that the Minster for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 can confirm to this House that the only Millennium Development Goal (MDG) that can be realised by the Kenya Government is only one out of eight. It is a shame that 46 years after Independence, diseases like polio are still recurring in this part of the world. If somebody thinks that we are just talking about some"
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