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    "content": "I am happy with the enhanced allocation to the teachers. The Government promised this Parliament that they would be employing teachers and, therefore, this is a worthy cause. But I want the Minister to assure this House in his response: Are the monies for the retired teachers factored in this? In an answer to this House, the Minister said that he had been consulting the Attorney-General on some technicality. Has he now factored it in? Has the Minister now factored that money in a manner that he no longer needs an opinion and the retired teachers will finally be paid? This is remembering that the Minister had undertaken to pay them before Christmas last year. It is now five months since and it is time these teachers; hard working retired Kenyans, were paid. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I am disappointed that money is being taken away from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Every year, we are providing money to buy food because we cannot feed ourselves. When you take away money from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation instead of enhancing it so that we can have sufficient water infrastructure to harvest water so that we can stop relying on rain- fed agriculture, it shows a Government that is devoid of forward planning and wants to continue managing through crisis. With those reservations, I beg to support."
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