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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Biwott",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Kiprono Kipyator Biwott",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to echo the sentiments expressed by hon. Dr. Shaban. I would also like to demonstrate, clearly, that there is something basically wrong with the way this money has been allocated. It is either a reflection of what kind of people are manning that Ministry, or something else that we do not know of. You cannot have certain areas of this country being allocated more than Kshs5 billion and others not being allocated any amount of money. There must be something that is fundamentally wrong. I will only support this Vote on the condition that the Minister and his staff will go and reallocate some of the money so that the districts that have not been allocated any money are given something. They had better be honest and tell us the reasons why they have not allocated money to some districts. You cannot really starve a whole district, and yet the people there also pay taxes. That cannot happen. I really wonder how a whole Ministry can come up with something like that which is so glaring. However, I want to assume that this is only a guideline and that it is not hard and fast. We pay taxes and, therefore, we expect services. We are loyal to this country because we are its citizens. We have a Government which we all trust that it will take care of everybody equally. We also believe that the staff in our Ministries will think nationally and ensure that everybody is catered for. I was going to do the arithmetics of these Estimates in order to demonstrate to you what this Ministry's budget intends for us. However, I will not do that because it is all written here clearly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to correct hon. Shakombo. It is true that he was my DC in Uasin Gishu. I think he has forgotten all about that district. We will ask him to visit the area and show us exactly which road he is talking about. I come from that district and I visit it often. I also do not want to go to the extent of saying that it is only areas where Ministers come from that have been given preference in this budget. However, I think that a wrong criteria has been used in the allocation of resources in this particular budget. For example, in my own district, July 18, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2151 only a small place in Marakawet has been catered for. The Ministry's budget talks about the Iten- Kapsowar Road. Iten is in Keiyo and it is the only place that has been included in the Printed Estimates. It is not reflecting our place. There is absolutely nothing there. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the revival of stalled projects, there is nothing in my place. There is only one project, a hospital at a place called Kaptargwat. There were roads which were built using the El Nino Emergency Fund. The bridges on those roads have all been swept away by torrential rains. At least, to consider the people who are there, we should make those roads passable."
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