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    "speaker_name": "Ol Jorok, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Michael Muchira",
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    "content": "We also took note of our Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A) and found that the projected A-in-A for the next fiscal year is Ksh560 billion. As a Committee, we recommend that we reassess the overall framework governing our Appropriations-in-Aid. In these Estimates, we have allocated funds towards the full operationalisation of the Treasury Single Account to ensure that the collection of A-in-A is transparent, accountable, and efficient. Secondly, let me go to the education sector. As many other speakers have mentioned, we have allocated funds to recruit 20,000 interns in the upcoming fiscal year. We have also provided resources for the promotion of teachers. However, as we do this, we also recommend that the promotion of teachers needs to be transparent and fair. In our constituencies, many teachers complain that they attend interviews but are never promoted. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) needs to revise its policy to ensure that promotions are conducted fairly and transparently. We have also allocated funds for the medical scheme for teachers. Again, this is another area that TSC needs to look at. We have many complaints out there from our teachers. For instance, in the medical scheme that they have, if a teacher has two sick beneficiaries, they are told to choose one to be treated. This is unfair. As many other speakers have mentioned, we have provided funding for examinations, including the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), and the Grade Nine exams. So, our students need to rest easy and work hard because their exams will be catered for. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as I finalise, I need to mention an issue I also raised in the last financial year. This is the issue of the Senate Oversight Fund. It is important for Hon. Members to know that in this budget, there is Ksh500 million for the Senate Oversight Fund. This is not money for development. It is important for the public to know that some Senators take home as much as Ksh29 million, not for development but for oversight. How do they get 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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