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    "id": 188772,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to paraphrase my statement. I meant that hon. Orengo is now enjoying part of the Executive power by virtue of being the Minister for Lands. Could he, therefore, exercise the Executive powers by making sure that what the President announced--- The President has actually delegated those powers to him! Could he make sure that the land reverts to Masinde Muliro University? The President was clear on that 1992 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 22, 2008 issue last year, and also when he was there recently during the graduation ceremony. He said that the Old Kakamega Showground should revert to Masinde Muliro University. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, may I say something about the actual allocations. The Minister knows that I have never disagreed with him; if I am going to disagree with him today, it is purely on principle. I know that maybe he missed these things. These officers, the technocrats at the Ministry - I am afraid that my sister is one of the technocrats there and I hope she is not the one who deliberately misled the Minister--- While I am thankful that Kshs1.1 million is reserved for my new district, Kakamega South, for physical planning, when I look at the mischief in allocations, it is such that the Central Province has received Kshs34 million. Nyanza has received Kshs23.8 million while the Rift Valley has received Kshs52 million. What mischief do I see in these allocations? One, why Central Province? Who is this powerful person in Central Province who makes sure that money is allocated to it, Kshs34 million. Secondly, in Nyanza Province I see that the Kshs23.8 million is actually going to Siaya District. Who is this powerful person in Siaya District who makes sure that this money goes there? Finally, most appalling is that because they do not want us to see this mischief, they have taken money meant for Western Province and given it to Bondo and hidden it under Western Province. Bondo is now getting Kshs36 million under Western Province. May I tell the Minister, most humbly, that this Kshs36 million listed under Western Province was, indeed, meant for Western Province and not Bondo District. That is an error! Could the technocrats go and erase Bondo and write there that this money is for building offices in the new Kakamega South District, which I represent in this country, because I am the powerful person from that district who is in this House. This is not a joke. I want the powerful people who come from those areas to accept that we have recommended in this House that we must have a Budget Office, because if we had it, then Parliament would be having an input and it would be making sure that instead of Eldoret East getting a whooping Kshs52.9 million, this money would be distributed to all the districts in the Rift valley Province. This will ensure that if it is a question of constructing a few offices, work can be seen going on everywhere in the country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of allocations is very important; we know that under the rules of debate, we can remove from this Budget only a pound, but maybe it is not too late for us to remove from this year's Budget this one pound so that the people in the Executive can understand the pain we feel when we go to elections, support political parties, they win but you do not take anything home. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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