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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to draw the attention of Members of Parliament that we have other funds in my Ministry like the Community Trust Development Fund, which you can access. Usually, it is advertised through newspapers and if you do a proposal and they feel that a proposal is the right one, they will give out the funds. So, there is no discrimination at all, Dr. Khalwale. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Vision 2030 is a development blue print for this country, which is being implemented by the Ministry. We are at the early stages of implementation of Vision 2030. Some of the issues raised by the hon. Members are very pertinent, and we are going to consider and take them up, especially as we prepare the next Medium-Term Plan, which we have already started preparing for 2012 to 2017. Now we are already implementing the 2008 to 2012 plan. However, there are still issues that I need to highlight before I move on. On issues concerning human resource development, PPPs and tourism, I invite hon. Members to read the Vision 2030. I am planning that we have a workshop to look at the Vision 2030 and the Medium- Term Plans, and also the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which I have just launched through a Mid-Term Report. There are other issues that I feel are quite pertinent, and which have October 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2953 been raised by Members of Parliament, and which I will take it upon myself to raise with the relevant Ministers. These include the creation of new districts where all constituencies should be districts. I also support that idea for proper implementation of most of the projects at the grassroots. We need the implementers and planners to be together. The issue of constituency boundaries and flow of funds from the central Government to the devolved units is very critical. There is also the issue of supervising projects in line Ministries. An hon. Member raised the issue of where road construction takes some time and asked what we, as planners, do? As soon as we plan, we leave it to the line Ministries to do the implementation. We need to strengthen our monitoring unit, so that we are able to raise a red flag and indicate that some projects are not being implemented appropriately. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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