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    "id": 364610,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/364610/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to the debate on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I wish to thank all the Departmental Committees that have worked very hard to bring us this far and make sure that we meet the deadlines. I am very concerned as a Member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology, as I educate myself about the sense of priorities that we have given or not given to the education sector. If you look at Annex 1, page 17, the total amount of cuts that were made or the under-funded priorities in the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology and Teachers Service Commission amount to Kshs33 billion. That is Kshs33 billion in denied opportunities, focus and attention for the children and the youth of this nation, who are our future. Their time to get education is perishable and they cannot sit around and be denied. I would like, in particular, to point out priority areas that the Committee on Education, Research and Technology mentioned and hoped that the Budget and Appropriations Committee would have considered as a budgeting and implementation priority. The professors, lecturers and educators are training our young people to make sure that they are ready for the job market and yet, their money is cut by a shortfall of"
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