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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. B.K. Bett",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benard Kipkirui Bett",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this BPS. I support because for one, the grants to counties to revamp polytechnics will assist us in developing the necessary skills. That way, the youth can be self-employed and have incomes to assist them. I also want to say that the allocations towards level 5 hospitals are good. As a country, we need to have, at least, one level 5 hospital in every county. In my county, we do not have one. As we do that, we also have to have reasonable allocations towards the roads that lead to those hospitals. We could be having a problem which requires an urgent attention at a level 5 hospital but, without good roads, it might not be possible. The allocations to constituencies for the completion of centres of excellence are a welcome move. However, I want to insist that those centres of excellence will have teachers. Even in the polytechnics, there will be teachers. So, we are expecting to have reasonable allocations towards the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology so that we can have more teachers. We should also revise the payment for the teachers. On matters of the wage bill, I want to indicate that it is a concern to all of us. There is a Report by the Auditor-General’s Office that we are losing about Kshs300 billion to corruption-related practices. We are insisting that the Government should put in place sufficient measures to curb that problem, so that we do not have corruption-related practices taking away much of the resources that are received in terms of our revenues. 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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