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    "id": 298168,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me take this opportunity right from the outset to thank hon. Members for their contribution which we have taken seriously. Even more, I will just respond to one or two issues that were raised. One, even with the money in the Appropriations Bill, I am looking for money and I am happy to say that I have now found money. I have found a financier who is going to finance the Voi-Mwatate to Moshi Road. There is now a financier for Turbi up to Moyale Road. We have a financier for Wajir-Modogashe Road and even more importantly, we have found a donor for Dongo Kundu, that is the by-pass in Mombasa which is going to transform that area at the coast because we want to make sure that Pwani ni Mombasa. So to do that, we must make sure that everybody feels they are part and parcel of it. We are also almost on the verge of concluding agreements to finance the road to Juba through the western part of Kenya. We have money for Timboroa-Eldoret to Malaba and that will continue from Kitale to Lodwar to the small town there called Lokichoggio, Nadapal and then Juba. So we are almost on the verge of concluding that agreement. This is what I call investing for the future. We will start getting dividends in the next two or three years when these roads are completed. The other one was mentioned by hon. Members. I would like to conclude in the next two minutes, I would like to give the Government’s commitment to Free Primary and Secondary Education programmes. That is there. We will continue. I think one Member raised the issue of absorption capacity. I am also happy to report that the absorption capacity of Ministries is increasing and Accounting Officers have been instructed that the return of money to the Treasury will be deemed not in conformity with performance contracts. Why should a Ministry return money to Treasury at the end of the year when it has not fulfilled its mandate?"
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