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    "id": 469141,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "I will not say that it is Jubilee, but there are those technocrats who think that women have no value in this country, yet we pay tax. Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, I am pleading with the President that as much as we are pushing for the Kshs238 billion, we have to look at what has been devolved to the counties that will serve the women also in those counties. As we push, I would urge the whole House to interrogate the expenditures of each line Ministry. When you look at some Ministries, you will find that in the next financial year, instead of the funds going down, they are still going up, yet we are saying that we are devolving power to the devolved governments. I think that it is an insult also in the eyes of Kenyans who believe in the same. Madam Temporary Speaker, about the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), I think that it is time that the Senate should fight for the women in Parliament to also get CDF. I do not think that it is fair for the Members of Parliament who were elected in single constituencies to say that CDF is only for them, yet in the whole House, the women representatives are part and parcel of the business of Parliament. Therefore, if we are talking of Members of Parliament, women are also part of them. Therefore they should be given CDF money as any other Member of Parliament in that House. They were not nominated but elected. I support fully their fight to get something to make them visible within their counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to look at the education sector. There is one important sector that we have always forgotten in this country and yet, it is the foundation of a child as she grows up to become a Kenyan who will be of service to this country. When you look at the early childhood education that has now been devolved to the county governments, it is important to devolve the function, but also give powers and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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