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    "id": 1533710,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for the Financial Year 2025/2026 as laid and as read on the Floor of the House. I support it because the Ksh2.4 billion ceiling that is proposed for the Executive will go a long way in helping achieve the development agenda for this country. The Constitution of Kenya talks about equity and equitable distribution of resources. In this BPS, we would like to see equitable distribution of resources for roads. Aldai Constituency, where I come from, and Nandi County, an area that has not had a lot of development in roads, should now see the construction of roads. Similarly, the north eastern region, where the President was the other day, should also get equitable resources for roads and water so that they can be at the same level as any other part of this country. This BPS proposes the creation of businesses in this country by creating a good environment for businesses to thrive. A case in point is the allocation of money for county aggregation and industrial parks that will spur economic growth. They will allow the youth and the people in communities to develop and grow businesses under the county aggregation and industrial parks. We also hope to see a lot of development in the Special Economic Zones and the Export Processing Zones (EPZs). They will attract foreign investors as well as local ones who will leverage on the environment to grow their businesses. Many people who want to start businesses find it an uphill task to put up a warehouse, connect electricity, and other infrastructural requirements. That has a negative impact because they may not have the resources for that. However, if we are able to put up industrial parks that are plug and pay, investors will come in and employ our youth. Through the 2025/2026 Financial Year BPS, we hope to see a lot of development and a lot of resources being put in sectors where our youth will get employment. The President has been moving around launching projects in various parts of the country. Right now, he is in Nairobi. He has started many programmes. If many of those programmes are put in the 2025/2026 BPS, this county will not only become a middle-income economy, but it will also grow threefold to become one of the top tiers in Africa and compete with the other developed countries in the world. It is proposed that our GDP growth should be 15 per cent by 2028. We expect that to happen because many of the proposed programmes in the BPS will go a long way in helping this country to achieve its targets. If this BPS considers areas that have over time not had equitable distribution of resources, we can imagine the kind of growth this country will experience. This is the year we must see a lot of development because we are approaching elections. We know that little development takes place during an election year. So, as a country, we have an opportunity, as we pass this BPS, to ensure that resources are equitably distributed and ensure development happens in our country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support."
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