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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwangi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kamande Mwangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute towards this very important Motion on the BPS. If we are to move ahead, we have to cater for 60 per cent of the youth in this country. We have to give them a budget as this will move the economy of this country forward. As I speak, we are about to distribute to our youth the Uwezo Fund, but the majority of them do not have enough skills to move forward in business. That is one of the things that we should do to make our young people more effective in business. We have put more emphasis on the standard gauge railway, and we have forgotten that this railway started from Nairobi to Nanyuki. Today, you cannot go to Nanyuki because you cannot go beyond Githurai. We ask the Committee to look int maintenance of the railway line from Nairobi to Nanyuki, so that we can transport our goods to this area. We have a problem of pending bills, which have not been paid for quite a long time. We have teachers who retired in 1997, and to date they have not been paid their retirement benefits, which they were awarded by a court. They need to get them. We have other people who worked for the East African Community back in 1977, and to date, they have not been paid what they were awarded by the courts. It is high time we gave these old people their dues, so that even when they go to Haven, they will rest in peace and will leave no curse to us. It is now more than ten years since we started the free primary education in this country. The money which has been allocated to the free primary education has been overtaken by events. It has come at a time when we need to increase that allocation. We also need to increase the money for tuition for secondary schools, so that we can cater for more students and enable them to complete their education. One issue that I would like to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for is the amendments which they have accepted for, among others, Kshs1.4 billion to improve our polytechnics. I urge that these funds be distributed equally amongst all the constituencies. Even if the funds will be taken to the counties, the counties should distribute it equally to all the constituencies in a county. The other issue is with regard to REA. It is necessary that we improve our electricity connection to all areas. On the wage bill, let us all agree that the wage bill is a problem in this country, and it has come a time for us to swallow the pill even if it is bitter. Let us find out where the problem is, and even if it is in our Constitution, let us improve it. We have that mandate. We cannot cater for the 1,450 elected MCAs and an additional half of them nominated. Why do we need them? We should reduce them to a manageable number. I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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