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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angwenyi",
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker for preserving some time for me. I started commenting on this Motion yesterday and I want to proceed. If you look at the Ministry of Defence, you have given a hefty amount of money; Kshs78 billion for Recurrent Expenditure. I hope they will use these resources appropriately by assisting police to bring down incidences of terrorism in this country. I suggest that they deploy army in Suguta Valley. I understand these days, not even the governor of that county can go to Suguta. I understand that the President postponed his trip to that area because of the fear of terrorists in that area of Suguta. I also see that there is Kshs. 10 billion allocated to foreign affairs, but only Kshs.1.5 billion is allocated for capital expenditure. If you go to our missions abroad, for example, Geneva they are seriously dilapidated. The seats there are of low class. I hope the Ministry will refurbish our missions so that they provide an atmosphere of business for those who want to do business with us. We have allocated Kshs.14 billion to capital expenditure in health. I would like to urge this Parliament to bring a Bill so that we can upgrade hospitals that are of Level 3 and above to national hospitals. That way, we can maintain standards throughout the country. As you know, today there are county hospitals and therefore, there are a lot of disparities in the standards among the counties. I have looked at the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development, we have given them only Kshs.7 billion for a whole year. If you want to industrialise this country; you want to bring us to the next level of middle income; you want to create employment in this country, you must invest in industrialisation. I wish they had been given more money so that they can start a textile mill in Kisii and employ those idle young men and women who have finished universities and do not have jobs. I wish they could revive RIVATEX, KICOMI and Kenya Industrial Estates throughout the country and make them compete with foreign countries in industrial production. 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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