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    "content": "those of us who supported it are regretting and I am one of the few people who are not regretting a bit. I stand by what I said then, that the Constitution is 90 to 95 per cent good and the 5 per cent, left is maybe mainly due to human error. The challenge we have is not of the Constitution but of the people who are implementing it. As a country we made certain killer assumptions and one of which we presumed that once people got in, they would immediately understand the Constitution and implement it as the framers thought about it. I note that it is taking people a while to understand but one of the beautiful things about this Constitution is the aspect of the power and authority that we gave to Parliament in the budget-making process and the power that we gave to the public in terms of public participation. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for including the aspect of public participation into the budget. I want to support that initiative especially given the issues that the people of Mbita articulated. I want to support the inclusion or addition of Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), especially on issues of infrastructure development for primary and secondary education. I come from a constituency that I would call half rural half modern. Therefore, in my constituency I have one of the schools that was among the best performing primary schools in the country, it was the third and it is actually a school of international standards, the Mbita Point International School. I also have some of the worst performing schools in this country and therefore addition of CDF funds would enable me to improve the standards of those schools. One of my copulas in Mbita Constituency and first pillar is the development or improvement of education, and I am happy indeed for that. I hope that this House will actually pass the recommendations by the Budget and Appropriations Committee to give life to some of the recommendations that we got from the public. On the third pillar on Transport Logistics, Energy and Water for inclusive growth, the people of Mbita asked the Budget and Appropriations Committee to consider the Mbita Causeway, and the completion of Homa Bay-Mbita Road up to Maguga. They also asked them to include a public ferry to complement the private service so as to reach other islands. They also requested for a patrol boat since we neighbour Uganda and Tanzania and this falls within the realm of the national Government because this are international waters. I know that the Budget and Appropriations Committee cannot allocate all that to Mbita because of limited resources but to give life to Article 221 of the Constitution and the purpose of this public participation, I trust that the Budget and Appropriations Committee shall at least pick some of the issues that the Mbita people spoke about. I was happy when hon. Amina was speaking, she said before the Government considers new projects, we need to complete the ones that had already started or commenced. One of the two projects that I have mentioned, that is the Mbita Causeway, is project that has already commenced; it has been done half-way and has since stalled. I am sure the Chair of the Committee knows, because he attended personally. I want to repeat because he was consulting when I was saying that the people of Mbita asked me to come and say thank you to him personally and his committee. He actually got into a boat with me and visited my terrain, so he understands a little when I raise issues. They were surprised because our mode of transport is land and water. For instance one of the Members was talking about issues of security and motor 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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