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    "content": "I want to say that Economic Stimulus Package which this Ministry thought so well to institute last year is a failure. The money is not getting to the people. I am the MP for Gem. There is nothing I can show for any work done through Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) programme. That money needs to be channeled through proven channels of development, particularly the CDF. If the Government is not interested in dealing with the CDF, it needs to form constituency committee where leaders are involved. Right now, these people are duplicating a road which has already been done by the Kenya Roads Authority (KERA). I go home a lot, but not a single weekend passes without crowds of people coming to my home saying they want to dig fish ponds. They tell me that they have not been paid and they do not know you gave them that job. Form constituency-based committees if you want to alleviate poverty, please, use the CDF formula which has proven to be a working formula. Fisheries programme is a failed one. If I wanted to stimulate the economy, I would have taken that money which was given to the Ministry of Fisheries Development and divided it. I would have gone to Central Province and given people money to stimulate the coffee industry. I would have gone to Kericho area and given people money to work on their tea farms. I would have taken money to Lake Victoria to take away the hyacinth which is impeding work and do it manually. You will employ people. To me, that will work. I want to talk as the MP of Gem. It does not help that several fish ponds have been dug in Gem and they have now matured and there is no market. In fact, we have impoverished our people by trying to get them out of poverty. Discuss it with Members of Parliament. There is no market to sell their fish. With those very many remarks, I wish to support."
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