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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "(i) The Kshs66.2 billion for policing services, Kshs71.3 billion for the Kenya Defence Forces and Kshs17.44 billion for the National Intelligence Service That is a message to the Executive arm of the Government that this National Assembly wants to see the issue of security sorted out. (ii) Kshs22 billion for commencement of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi. We said a lot yesterday and it is important that, that project starts. (iii) Kshs3.5 billion for the first phase of the irrigation and food security project in Galana. I do not need to say much. We need to bring the cost of food down. (iv) Kshs13.5 billion for free primary education. (v) Kshs28.2 billion for free day secondary school education. I think Members of my Committee know how passionate I am about free primary education. I think if we do not fix access to good education in our public primary schools, I do not think there will be much in the country to talk about in another 20-30 years. The nation will be so divided between the rich who take their kids - like all of us here do - to academies. They then leave other people who are less fortunate to struggle to access education. This is an effort to bring into the net a wider section of our people. There is Kshs4 billion for free access to maternal healthcare and we thank the First Lady for leading from the front on this issue. I do not think the matter of running in the London Marathon all those miles was a small achievement. I think we all commend her for that, and we are glad to see that we are able to put in money for maternal health care, Kshs34.4 billion to cushion vulnerable groups in the society; Kshs3.4 billion for Equalization Fund; Kshs2.03 billion for affirmative action. On social development and I think we are all glad that we can support our colleagues in this honourable House from the county. Through my Committee, and the Report that we gave, we have made tremendous contributions to this year’s budget. I wish to mention a few of those issues. First of all, of course it is the Constituency Development Fund. We have increased Constituency Development Fund by five billion to raise it to Kshs33billion in the next financial year. It is important to indicate, that the extra five billion that we have added, the Committee has taken a position that this matter be given to Constituency Development Fund as conditional grants so that, through Constituency Development Fund we can put all the money in improving and escalating infrastructure in public primary schools. That is where that money will go. We are also allocating Kshs1.2 billion for construction of Ronald Ngala Utalii College. One billion for Narok – Maasai Mara road, this is very important for our economy and tourism. Kshs1 billion for the completion of stalled dams - Umaa in Kitui, Kiserian in Ngong, and Chemasus in Eldama Ravine. Of course the other dams have already been completed. The Mariba Dam in Machakos and Badasa Dam in Marsabit. We are allocating 700million for Kenya wildlife service for ranger recruitment program and also money for special economic zones and five billion for strategic response to public initiatives. My Committee has noted that a perennial hindrance to the full implementation of budget is the absorption capacity. We have said enough of that; I think we need to fix this problem. As I said earlier, I think the minute you begin to see a trend where the recurrent expenditure exceed what goes to the development component, then you have a deliberate deficit as an institution. I think we need to address this matter seriously, and it 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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