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"content": "ask hard questions on the integration of intelligence to overall security operations, so that the allocation that we give to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) can be put to good use and ensure that we get value for money. The value-for-money aspect can be seen in terms of enrichment of security response capacity to security situations. That is something we think about very deeply. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am concerned about the nexus between the security agencies, as we know them traditionally, and now with the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Judiciary. Does linking security to justice provide for a smooth flow? I do not see any smooth flow. What are the outputs of the EACC? Can we measure their effectiveness? Are they really being effective? What about the DPP’s Office? Is it being effective? Is the Judiciary in alignment with these institutions? If that nexus is not working, no matter how much money we pour into those institutions, we will not realise any security. So, much as we have done our bit in the Budget, there are harder questions relating to the implementation side, which we must look at very carefully. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, education is the cornerstone of our long-term development. There is no question about it. Today roads are good. Irrigation will be good tomorrow. Education is always good. I was a bit disappointed when I heard the Cabinet Secretary for Education, while addressing headteachers at the coast, saying that he was freezing expansion of primary schools and secondary schools. I thought that the era in which Government officials make decisions while on the move had gone. Maybe, it was a considered opinion. That statement is useful in my constituency. I need to expand primary education and secondary education in Nambale in order to catch up with the rest of Kenya. It is crucial that we continue to invest in education. Be that as it may, we are facing a major crisis in respect of the Teachers Service Commission not only in teacher recruitment but also in teacher deployment. One of the reasons as to why the TSC is unable to deploy teachers effectively is that they do not have the requisite numbers. Parliament must continue to support the TSC, so that they can get more and more resources, so that they can reduce the deficit that has been said to range between 40,000 and 80,000 teachers. Certainly, the recruitment rate of 5,000 teachers per year will not help much. So, that is an area we must look at. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of social protection and transfer payments, let us remember that every shilling that we give to the elderly members of our society supports a younger generation. They are spending it directly in productive sectors. So, it is not a dead loss. In fact, it has a significant multiplier effect. It is advantageous that we give that money to the lowest income earners. There is the possibility that, in their consumption patterns, they will support investment. How? By creating demand in the rural areas, which, in turn, increases the supply response. They will do it by creating demand in the rural areas which can elicit supply response. Therefore, transfer payments to the elderly people,,who are particularly targeted--- I think it is a great idea. Of course, the vulnerable population is of orphans, widows and street children."
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