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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
        "slug": "raphael-letimalo"
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    "content": "communities, the Government considers giving financial assistance to such mission hospitals, which are doing a very good job. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the Kshs5 million that has been allocated to constituencies towards the Economic Stimulus Package, one thing that we applauded the current President for when he was the Minister for Finance, was this provision. It was the only one that was acceptable across the board because all the constituencies benefit from the ESPs. Our concern is that even though the projects were started, they were not completed. I remember that even in the last Parliament, there was a provision of Kshs17 million conditional grant given to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) but the institutions that were started under the ESPs never benefitted. When we took this proposal to the CDF Board, it was cancelled. It is now important that this has now been considered by the Committee. Some of the projects have stalled, and there was no budgetary provision for their completion. It is, therefore, important that the Committee has considered the projects, so that they can be completed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also applaud the allocation of Kshs7.3 billion to the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). For those of us from marginalised areas, the pastoral communities in particular, if you look at the performance of students in national examinations, they are wanting because there are so many factors that have not been considered. I know that shortage of teachers is not unique to only one area. It is a countrywide problem. There are also other provisions that are meant to boost educational programmes, and specifically when it comes to electrification. When the Jubilee Government came up with the Laptop Project, we knew that it was one way of ensuring that electricity was provided to all public schools because there is no way they would undertake the project without providing electricity to schools. We have seen that the performance, in national examinations, by schools that have got electricity is different because the students have extra time for preps. So, we know that with an infusion of Kshs7.3 billion in REA, and seeing the kind of work that is being done by REA, it is certainly going to boost education. So, I really support the initiative. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another area on which I really want to speak is the livestock sector, which is covered in the general Report."
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