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    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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    "content": "allocated for food production, thereby achieving food security. I thank the President for that. If you fly over my area, you will see all sorts of houses spread all over. People have nowhere to farm. Having Ksh95 billion allocated, and I know Ndhiwa is included, is a great initiative. I thank the President for that. Before I proceed, I would like to thank the President for visiting our Constituency. For the first time, we received a President with a development agenda. We have the Gor Mahia Ring road, which will connect all seven wards. This Budget is fair and equitable. That is why we are commending this Committee. On the issue of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), the President came and launched these in the rural setting. Kudos to him because he follows the vision and makes sure things are done. Skilled training is the way to go for our children. This Committee put Ksh43.2 billion so that these kids can be skilled and even self-employ themselves. The issue of white-collar jobs is gone. The Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is telling me it is about time, but I am passionate about TVETs. Dr Nyikal talked about the Primary Healthcare Fund and SHA. I want to speak to the public who are watching. Do not be fooled that SHA does not work. Those who spread that rumour have registered. If we pump this money into primary healthcare facilities, it will increase the availability of medicine, diagnostic equipment, and personnel. This will arrest disease progression due to poor management. Isolated cases, like the ones the Hon. Oundo mentioned, can be handled differently. The general picture is that SHA works, and we have testimonies from many people whose hospital bills have been cleared. On education, my constituency still has a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:80. Affirmative action should be implemented in areas with huge teacher to student ratio gaps. I thank the Committee for allocating Ksh5 billion to the blue economy. Our people depend on the lake. It has been underutilised for a long time. I hope this will help in improving the livelihoods of our people. In Ndhiwa, power connection is under 6 per cent. In other areas, it is 95-100 per cent. So, out of the Ksh63.4 billion, the ministry should use affirmative action. Lastly, the Budget cannot be beneficial to the public if the exchequer release is as low as 60-65 per cent. We appeal to the National Treasury to do better. We can allocate all this money, but if you only release a bit of it and we are implementing a programme-based itemised budget, we will not realise our goals. On the issue of the Equalisation Fund, I do not know who oversees its use. We appropriate funds, but we do not see what it does. That should be looked into. Overall, this is a good budget. I thank Hon. Atandi and his team. Let us oversee its implementation. If we do not, there will be no good implementation. It will be like a whitewash. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I yield and support the Budget."
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