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    "id": 1623145,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo",
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    "content": "It is also good to note that some money has been allocated for the provision of cotton revitalisation. More importantly, the Ksh2.3billion that has been allocated for derisking will go a long way in cushioning the pastoral communities in terms of mitigating the impact of the drought they experience year after year. As a member from a pastoralist community, I know that this will be a game changer. It is something that was not there before. I know that the issue of milk will also help the pastoral communities. On water, I will not belabour. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Water, Sanitation and Irrigation mentioned it. Some money has been allocated to it, but we still need to do more. Being that we are an agricultural economy, water is crucial for the realisation of its goals. We need to give more emphasis to the issue of water. On roads, we need to appreciate where we are as a country. Initially, there was a lot of debt on the roads. The policy on sectorisation of our roads has opened up more parts of the country that were previously neglected. These areas can now realise their development. On education, the government has continued to allocate a big chunk of our budget to the education sector. We all appreciate the importance of an educated society in realising industrialisation and modernisation. The other critical area is the State Departments that I oversee as Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs – the National Police Service and the National Police Service Commission. A sum of Ksh2.8 billion has been allocated to the Police Service Commission for the recruitment of about 10,000 police constables and officer cadets. Since you sit in that committee, you know that the Commission envisioned recruiting 10,000 officers. You appreciate that, for the last three years, we have not had any recruitment, and we are approaching a general election while already experiencing natural attrition of approximately Ksh4,500. The money is not enough, and discussions are still underway to see how to close the gap, but we cannot fail to appreciate that it is a positive step. Although Kenyans are eager, we had also promised them that we would conduct the recruitment above board – in a more transparent manner, devoid of corruption, when the time comes."
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