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    "content": "prioritized and are set to be implemented on the ground maximize the resources available. This question of duplication of roles where a line Ministry allocates accounts to an institution and the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) allocates another equal amount and then parents in a school are also asked to raise money for the same, at the end of the financial year, you will find that a project that was supposed to consume Kshs1 million has consumed Kshs3 million coming from different sources because we do not have a Constituency Resource Management Committee. I am sure that, that is an issue that needs to be addressed and the Treasury will look into. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is expectation that the actual revenue of 2.5 per cent on CDF will be captured. There is the expectation that the balance of the monies that were due to the CDF based on the 2.5 per cent of the revenue will be captured for the previous financial year and disbursed to the respective constituencies. The Kshs12.3 billion that has been allocated is not the ceiling or rigid amount that we would be expecting. There was a very positive allocation to the people with disabilities and the pensioner’s fund. For this Fund to be put in the Government securities it is revolutionary, creative and bold. This reminds me of a Biblical quote; Psalms 9:18:- “For the needy will not always be forgotten nor the hopes of the afflicted perish forever”. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a lot of encouragement has come through the Speech given by Mr. Kenyatta. This gives young people, people with disabilities and the elderly pensioners who have been depending on peanuts a lot of hope. The young people in this country, the students in high schools, colleges, and young people on the periphery of economic engagement need optimism. They need the revival of their belief and trust that Kenya is their nation and tomorrow there will be positive sun rising from the eastern horizon and that when it sets, it sets with a benefit and advantage for them. Setting aside Kshs20 million for each constituency to build a health centre and giving 20 nurses for each constituency is giving attention to preventive rather than curative healthcare. That is going to reduce costs. Last week on Sunday, I was watching the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) management talking about the monies that they need and the debts owed to that hospital. I would call upon my colleagues to campaign very seriously to have a higher membership in the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). We should enlighten our people that they can be covered on a monthly family contribution of Kshs160. This would reduce the number of petitions through Members of Parliament and civil servants to the management of our main referral hospital, KNH, for debt relief. It is becoming impossible and we need to devolve health facilities as it has already been indicated by the Minister for Finance. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is focus on this generation through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports through each constituency receiving Kshs6 million for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) digital laboratory. There is also zero- rating of Value Added Tax (VAT) on cell phones. This is putting us on a plate that will ensure that information will flow. Information is power and it will give greater opportunity for our people to make applications on-line, know opportunities that are available overseas and the labour export programmes will spread without necessarily depending on one bureaucrat who is the Youth Officer in that constituency."
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