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    "id": 364601,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/364601/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Motion. I congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee chaired by hon. Musyimi for bringing this Report within a reasonable time. I congratulate the Committee for the format of the Report, which is very easy to pick out whatever item you want. If there is any milestone that we have achieved in the new Constitution, it is the idea of the budget-making process. You will note that there has been a lot of public participation. I also want to commend the Committee for itemizing all the views that were given by the public in the Report, so that they can be used for follow-up action. Another reform that has been brought about by the new Constitution is that the process has also created checks and balances. For example, the Executive prepared the Budget, the Committee went through it and made adjustments which can show the realities that we face in the country. Further, I would want to thank and congratulate the President for assenting to the Division of Revenue Bill. That will stop the bickering that has been going on. I believe that the President did this in line with the Constitution that was accepted by all Kenyans three years ago. There is need for sectors that are key in this country - as a developing country - to have been taken into account. For example, the issue of education is very key. For us to develop, we must take care of the education sector first. If we have to achieve Vision 2030, we must take care of the sector. We have had some thorny issues affecting the education sector for quite a long time. We have the salary increments which were promised to the teachers in 1997, which have not been paid. That should have been taken into account. I note that, that was left out. We have long standing projects which were initiated under the Economic Stimulus Programme a couple of years back, and some of them are almost becoming “white elephants” in the constituencies. That is an aspect that should have been taken care of. The issue of salaries for university lecturers is also a very important element, which the Committee has just put here among the items which should be prioritized for future funding. We should try as much as possible, as a country, to avoid getting into strikes that we have seen from the work force like teachers, lecturers and doctors. We should have had a way of accommodating the Kshs1.8 billion for the public universities staff. Just in the same way that we are talking about reforms, we should create employment. We cannot develop without training our people. We have youth and village polytechnics. The amount of Kshs500 million, which should also have been taken care of, have been put aside until we get funds. There is also the issue of recruitment of teachers,"
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