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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for protecting me from hon. Ekwee Ethuro. Hon. Members will realise that we need a lot of money to be invested in issuance of national identification cards to our people. About 1.2 million Kenyans need identification cards. Therefore, money is required for this very important sector. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I speak, there are unsettled Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). We are now in the final phase of this very important engagement. Therefore, money is required. We are now approaching the electioneering period, and the Government intends to recruit 7,000 Administration Police (APs) officers to enhance security in the country. It will not be possible for the Government to do this if money is not released. Our people in Government hospitals need drugs. Our people at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the biggest referral hospital in Kenya and others, require drugs. Therefore, money is required immediately, so that Kenyans do not continue to suffer. In our constituencies, roads and bridges have been destroyed. We need to repair the bridges and maintain the roads to improve on transport and communication. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of school funds. If money is not released in good time, we are likely to compromise the standards and performance in our primary schools. Loans must be released to university students to guarantee them continuation of their academic programmes. Teachers’ strikes must be contained. Therefore, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) must have adequate funds to release to teachers, so that the strikes that have been witnessed in this country can come to an end. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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