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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": "headquarters is about Ksh5,000. The money that reaches schools is very little. In this case, we need to ensure that capitation reaches institutions as much the money is insufficient. We have a capitation deficit of Ksh20 billion for secondary schools alone. We have an overall capitation deficit of almost Ksh30 billion to the basic education sub-sector. That means even school principals have a problem running those schools because they use this money to pay the Board of Management (BOM) teachers. They will use the same money to buy equipment in those schools. Allocations in the Supplementary Budget, especially capitation for schools and, more importantly, universities and TVET institutions, are insufficient. I know universities have issues, especially with the funding formula. We talked to the Ministry of Education and the Higher Education Loans Board regarding the issues the courts raised while addressing particular issues and ensuring that the funding formula gets money to students. Stalled projects in universities are the biggest problem in this Supplementary Budget. We have over 80 stalled projects in universities. I think only two of them were funded. This now raises many questions regarding the rot the rains will occasion, the pending bills that will attract penalties to the Government, and students' hostels or administration blocks and laboratories that are not in use. As we move ahead with the Supplementary Budget and now the BPS, it is prudent for this House to sit down and allocate resources to areas that touch the people the most. I support SHA. It has been allocated Ksh6 billion. These resources will go a long way in assisting our people. I congratulate the new chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health because he is a renowned medic. I ask him to ensure that for that particular resource, the programme succeeds and solves the teething problems we have in SHA. SHA is a very good programme. For those small teething issues, set up a team of experts in administration, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and management so that as we move along. If those issues are corrected, Kenyans can walk into hospitals, be treated, and get home without any problem. This issue of many complaints being raised every other time should not arise. It is a management and ICT issue that needs to be addressed by our chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health. I ask the Hon. Members that we move across after those particular issues. It would even be good if Hon. Nyikal, who is a very respectable Member of this House, brings Members to speed with issues raised and tells us how you would handle them, how we can assist the Government to publicise it out there in our constituencies and run out so that every Kenyan can benefit from this. Apart from that, we have the youth programmes. These supplementary estimates have addressed a number of youth programmes, some water programmes and, more importantly, the roads. If the issues that have been raised, especially the payment of pending bills on roads, will be addressed, then you will see that most of the issues that we have, on circulation of money in the country, from the water and road contractors and contractors in schools, will be a thing of the past. Lastly is the issue of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF). I have seen that we have allocated resources to NG-CDF. NG-CDF is a very pivotal fund in this country. Let this Fund be disbursed as early as possible because it affects every home. Bursaries are 90 per cent funded by NG-CDF and the construction of schools. If we are to do a comparative study on how some funds have assisted this country, the NG-CDF has seen the development of thousands of schools across Kenya. It has seen a number of students who could have otherwise not been able to go through school benefit from NG-CDF scholarships. I have seen in my constituency where I have students from orphaned backgrounds get school fees and go through secondary schools. The other issues that we need to put much emphasis on are the diaspora and foreign labour. This is when we need to look at what other nations have done. We have seen what the 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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