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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am addressing the Chair. I want to know whether these allocations are justified. Is this allocation based on the interest of national security? Has that question been addressed? When I look at the Budget of the Office of the President, I have not seen the presentation of the other departments. I have only seen the presentation of Internal Security. I have not seen the presentation of the other Ministries which fall under the Office of the President. If I am right, I know there is a huge amount of money which was allocated to the Office of the President. If this amount is presented in an amorphous way, this House will never interrogate the expenditure of this Government. For instance, for Vote R1, we are giving over Kshs25 billion. On Vote R2, we are giving Kshs810 million. On Vote R3, we are giving Kshs2.2 billion. I am leaving out Vote R8, which is a substantive Ministry, the Ministry of Defence, and Vote R45, the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), because these are institutions which I believe that the oversight committee of this House should deal with. If there is anything to be looked into, then they can submit. The specific Votes in Development Expenditure are D01 with a sum of Kshs3 billion. Vote D02 is on State House where a sum of Kshs264 million has been set aside, and Vote D03, the Department of Personnel Management (DPM), where a sum of Kshs245 million has been set aside. The amount of money allocated to these Votes needs to be explained. When the Minister comes to respond, he needs to come out quite clearly on this. In the case of State House, for example, for the last four years we have been allocating for Development Expenditure over Kshs264 million. We have not seen new houses being put up at the different State Houses and Lodges. When you look at the Kshs264 million which has been set aside for State House, Kshs214 million of this amount has been allocated for the renovation and refurbishing of State Lodges in Sagana, Kisumu and Kakamega. I submit that these lodges should be turned into national museums because the occupant has never used them. We do not need these State Lodges because the occupant is always in Nairobi. Mr. Shakombo's Ministry is lacking museums. Therefore, we should turn them into museums under the Ministry of National Heritage. I hope Mr. Shakombo is in support of my proposal. This is a perennial waste of public funds. I hope this House can pass this and convert these State Lodges to museums. We only need the State Houses in Nairobi, Nakuru and Mombasa, and the other lodges should be converted into national museums for our citizens to enjoy the history of this nation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at the DPM--- I would like to be very specific here; I do not want to be seen as if I am criticising the Government. I am specifically talking about facts. Nepotism in this country is at the highest level. In fact, it is over 100 per cent. When we look at the appointments in missions, those appointed to various posts are either July 12, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2041 relatives, brothers, cousins or in-laws of serving Ministers in the current Government. When you look at the heads of parastatals in this country, either these fellows are friends, brothers or relatives of Cabinet Ministers serving this Government. We are killing the fabric of this nation because---"
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