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    "id": 418701,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources, Kshs41 billion will be used for development. In the previous year, about Kshs27 billion was supposed to be used for water. In Bomet Central, where I come from, I cannot stand here and say that there is a water project that was done with Kshs27 billion - not even a single one. That is why I am proposing that the money that has been allocated to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources be sent through the county government, so that I may get a little bit of it. Even though the governors can misuse it, I am very sure if those monies are allocated to my county, I will be able to fight for it until it reaches my constituency. But when it is lumped here and is put under huge water projects, which I do not know which corners of this country are, with nothing going towards Bomet Central, I think I will be doing a lot of great disservice to the people of Bomet Central. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when I go through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology section, it will have about Kshs34 billion. I remember that some classrooms in my constituency are in pathetic situation, especially in primary schools. I wish if that money could be used in assisting in the construction of classrooms. Where is that money really going to? In the last financial year, I wish somebody could inform us whether any project was done anywhere by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in terms of development? Where is this money for development going to? Is it simply appearing on paper, but it is nowhere to do development projects? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the one for the National Treasury, they will do development to a tune of Kshs30 billion. I wonder what kind of development they will do at the Treasury. I am not very sure. I would wish we could have adequate time to interrogate all this. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development is a key Ministry and for development, it has only been given Kshs4 billion. That is peanuts when we are talking about special economic zones so that we can spur development in this country. I understand that they will require money up to the tune of Kshs30 billion. Monies in these other Ministries should be reallocated to the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development. If we are to industrialize, we must invest there."
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