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    "id": 1613568,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this time to also register issues on the Report on Consideration of the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2025/2026. Firstly, I want to appreciate the Budget and Appropriations Committee led by Hon. Atandi, for the good work. On the issues of education, I want to bring to the attention of the House that this is the sector that has the highest funding of almost Ksh700 billion. On that, we got almost substantial amount of money especially on capitation, but we still have a deficit. The Ministry of Education has always had less funding by Ksh22 billion in the last seven years. Secondly, I also want to thank them for they have manged to allocate money for various examinations: Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and all the examinations that are going to be done this year. We have enough money and exams will run normally. Thirdly, on the issue of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), I want to appreciate that the Budget Estimates are providing enough money to construct and finish TVET colleges across the country, and also providing more money for capitation. Even for the machinery, there is money to equip the institutions that have been finished. On university education, yes, we have money for university education, especially on capitation of the new funding model. More importantly, we still need more money so that we are able to fund every student, especially in the Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTCs) and Teachers Training Colleges (TTCs). On agriculture, we are grateful that we have subsidised fertiliser. We want to thank the Government for sugar sector reforms. However, we have issues in the tea sector. I ask that next time we provide money to modernise the tea sector, give money and get rid of the problems in that sub-sector."
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