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    "id": 245470,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/245470/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. H.M. Mohamed",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hussein Maalim Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it should be increased to, at least, 5 per cent to begin with. We can later on have it increased to 7 per cent, so that we can get good money for the development of our constituencies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have used the CDF money to build health centres and dispensaries in our constituencies. Unfortunately, these institutions have not been provided with personnel or medical supplies. Therefore, the Ministry of Health should employ more nurses, clinal officers and doctors to man these institutions. I do not understand why the Government cannot employ 10,000 nurses. The salaries paid to this cadre of medical staff are, really, peanuts. A nurse is only paid about Kshs12,000. Why can the Government not employ 10,000 nurses to man these institutions, instead of hiring people whose duties are unknown, and who earn between Kshs400,000 and Kshs3 million? Therefore, we want the Government to employ more medical personnel, so that the people can get the services they 1662 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 28, 2006 need. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government should employ more police officers to improve security. If we improve the security situation, more investors will come to Kenya. Business opportunities will be created, some people will get rich and many more people will be employed. We want to advise the Government to employ more police officers so that people can be served well. The police officers should then be given the facilities they require to work. If you visit most police posts in my constituency, you will find that most of them do not have vehicles and wonder how the officers operate. On the issue of infrastructure, we would like to see the Government investing more in roads, airports and electricity. Those are the areas in which the Government should invest its money. The roads in my area appear the same way they were when God created the earth. They are paths which are created out of cutting down trees. The roads are created after bush clearing. The Government should, therefore, invest in the infrastructure of the country. With those few remarks, I support."
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