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    "content": "(KKV). This is one loophole where the Government is sinking money and nobody can see anything tangible. There is no proper accounting system that can confirm that, that money goes to create temporary employment for the youth of this country. I would wish the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance relooked at the way they disbursed the KKV money because people just come up with lists and claim to employ certain number of youths who were paid a certain amount of money. When you go to the ground, those youths are never employed. Many hon. Members will tell you that they see very little KKV in their constituencies. That is a loophole that the Ministry needs to look at very seriously. Another issue in this Budget is the distribution of infrastructure, particularly roads. I believe that equitable distribution of infrastructure is paramount if this country has to move in the same pace. If you scrutinize this Budget very seriously, you will see that it is basically two areas that have been looked at heavily when it comes to infrastructural development. Let me hasten to mention that most infrastructural development is in Nyanza and Central provinces. In Rift Valley, Coast, North Eastern and Western Province, there is very little infrastructural allocation. I think when we are looking at the Budget; we should introduce amendments to equitably cater for development across the country, so that even North Eastern and other areas can also be served and be part of our country. The losses we are witnessing in some of the Ministries are unacceptable. Losing Kshs4 billion is not the same as losing Kshs1 million. Kshs4 billion is a lot of money. Even if someone was stealing Kshs1 million per day, he would require a whooping 4,000 days to steal that money. It is not a joke when you are told that a Ministry has stolen Kshs4.2 billion. There is definitely something extremely wrong with that. I want to urge the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that he is responsible for all our funds and the entire taxes that Kenyans pay. He should coordinate seriously, with the Auditor-General and the Internal Audit Office to ensure that there are proper procedures so that we do not end up, all the time, dealing with what was done yesterday. But above all, I wish to support this Vote on Account and remind the Treasury that they need to come and explain to us this very sudden rise in inflation, from 3.8 per cent to 13 per cent. The only time it happened is when we had the Goldenberg Scandal. Do we have another Goldenberg going on that we are not privy to? I want to urge the"
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