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    "content": "The allocation of Kshs30 million for a centre of excellence and the ten teachers--- I would like, to go on record, that I disagree vehemently with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). Any attempt by the Government to give relief to young people who have gone to college and have qualified should be encouraged. Grandstanding because it is a union or taking a position for populism is unnecessary. I am optimistic that these centres of excellence will give us the need to campaign for the scrapping of the quota system. The quota system has reduced the youth of this country into village visionaries. They have no opportunity to be recruited or be admitted in colleges beyond their areas. You go to Maseno Primary School, Maseno University and then get employed in Maseno School. What do you become? A Masenonian rather than a Kenya. So, we should campaign very hard for the scrapping of the quota system. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am hoping that the heavy borrowing of Kshs109 billion will not cause inflation. I wish that the hope of the Treasury of inflation coming down to five per cent will work. We should be cognizant of the crowding of borrowing from the private sector, food prices and drought. I am optimistic that there are systems and mechanisms in place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we understand that there are rising fuel costs. The focus of Ministers with these cars--- We are not saying that they should be given the fuel guzzlers. We should do a cost effective analysis so that we understand that if a vehicle is a diesel engine, does it save? Are we talking about Ministers or the whole bureaucrats all the way down? I congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance again because he focused on reducing or scrapping duty on bicycles. This will encourage people to travel by cheap means. The Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development should now be on a high gear to create bicycle paths so that we can encourage staff to use bicycles. We can also use bicycles because the allocation for security is very good. I support it. We should enhance and widen the capacity for security so that we can ride from our houses to our places of work. Let us not go out there and oppose the Minister’s proposal that we give back the cars. Let the system be put in place. I would like to urge my friends with a Biblical verse, Psalms 10:3 which says:- “The wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord” Let us not go out there protecting what we have because the message we are giving Kenyans is that we are greedy, cursing and spurning the Lord. Let us ask for an implementation mechanism that can be done, is good and can be sustained. It is very encouraging that on national unity, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission and the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission have been allocated a total of Kshs148 million. This is very good. It is very encouraging. However, we also need to add some money for the law reforms so that the Judiciary can be financially and operationally independent. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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