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    "id": 440174,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I am sure some people will tell me we produced a vice-president in Eastern, my neighbours. If hon. Kalonzo Musyoka slept on the job, then please blame him, but I can tell you Kshs.10.6 billion is going to light each and every place. This must be done on equity. If we talk of cohesion and unity of our country, the common denominator is equity. Let us share roads, power, food security projects and each and every piece of cake that this Budget is made of. I am done with energy, so let me go to security, and this where I have a problem. Close to Kshs.70 or 80 billion has been allocated to the security sector; Kshs.6.7 billion for leasing of police vehicles and aircraft; Kshs.3.3 billion for enhancing security operations; Kshs.2.9 billion for the recruitment of extra 10,000 police officers, where we want to make sure the ratio of citizens to police officers is reduced; Kshs.3.5 billion for police equipment and Kshs.1.6 billion for police medical insurance cover. For the first time in the history of Kenya our men and women in uniform will have an insurance cover. Then we have Kshs.1.8 billion for the control and command centre; Kshs.1.3 billion for police and Administration Police houses and Kshs.6.1 billion for AMISOM. Hon. Speaker, the moral question which I am asking is, we have allocated Kshs.80 billion, do we get value for our money? I want, from the Floor of this House, to send my condolences to the family, friends and the Muslim community following the death of Sheikh Idris, who was gunned down this morning by unknown assailants. Sheikh Idris was a very high profile and well respected Muslim scholar. Sheikhs are killed every day in Mandera, Garissa and Mombasa. The Kenyan society and the Muslim community are worried, we need answers on why our religious leaders; our Sheikhs are gunned down indiscriminately. As we allocate Kshs.80 billion to the security sector, we must be given answers; Kenya must be secure for investment and for us to grow our economy. We are telling the President that our men and women in uniform and our institutions of security must scale up their effort. Education is very important to the Jubilee Government and to President Uhuru Kenyatta. You can tell the commitment of this Government through the amount of money allocated to the education sector; Kshs.28 billion for free day secondary education and Kshs.13 billion for free primary education. This Government is recruiting extra 5,000 teachers to reduce the gap of the teacher-student ratio and we have allocated it Kshs.2.3 billion. An amount of Kshs.5.5 billion is for the commuter allowance, the thorny issue of 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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