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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the report on the Bill. It is important that the Committee made some good considerations in their report on the Bill. The fact that we have reallocated some money from some sectors that are not able to absorb it and taken it to those sectors that are important, is a good gesture. As a country, this is the moment to look at ourselves and see where we are and where to allocate our resources. As we have the debate about the expenditure going on in the country at the moment, we have to ask ourselves where to put more money and where to put more emphasis. I believe there are certain sectors of the economy that we need to put enough emphasis. I believe that if we put more energy and more resources, instead of talking about the wage bill, we can be talking about production. Some countries in this world have been able to invest, especially in sectors like research, technology and innovation. You will be surprised to learn how much money we put in such sectors. If we put enough money, we can benefit from these areas. We can create more employment than we have at the moment. We can also create more wealth. As a country, we suffer from a lack mentality. We are always crying of limited resources. We can reverse this and have abundance mentality, where we bake a big cake and share with all. At the moment, we cry of the small cake which is not enough for all of us. This can be done. Hon. Speaker, if you look at agriculture, which is the mainstay of the economy, in terms of budgetary allocations, how much money do we allocate to that sector? At the same time, these are some of the functions that have been devolved. If you go to the Ministry, you will realize that not much is happening at that particular sector because of the wastage involved in terms of transferring even the functions. Therefore, at the end of the day, we end up spending money even with the human resource; as it has again been highlighted elsewhere. When you look at the devolved units, we support the whole concept of devolution because that has the potential to equalize and have people in the particular areas which have been marginalized in the past. In many cases, I believe, even people participate in their own marginalization to a certain extent; especially the elite. So, in this case, when we look at how money is being shared and what is happening, there is some duplication of even human resource. At the county level, there are parallel structures that are more for spending rather than creating wealth, instead of mobilizing citizens so that they harness energy and come up with productive activities that can make our country move forward. Therefore, I believe, as a country this the moment that we need to identify those particular sectors and areas. If we improve them, they will have a multiplier effect. It is important also in reallocation like we have KERRA and KURA allocating funds to such institutions. We know there are some roads that have been left incomplete because some 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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