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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "that need urgent intervention for example in the cash transfer to the aged, youth, women and people living with disabilities. It is very important that we critically think about this, in a way that we engage in mitigating activities during our budgeting process that will heal the situation of poverty. I am happy with this BPS because it addresses the issue of Uwezo Fund. This was a wonderful idea of a revolving Fund which was adopted. I am happy that more money is being put in it. This is very encouraging. But when it comes to the estimates, it is important that the National Treasury puts maximum money to this sector so that the youth, women, aged and people living with disabilities who are mostly affected by the situation of unemployment and poverty are given more money to do business. I would like to support the issue of the Jua Kali sector 100 per cent and I would like to do that alongside the other concern of stalled projects. We have a lot of stalled projects around and they are almost becoming a tourist attraction. I had an opportunity, while serving in the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology to visit Egerton, Maseno and Masinde Muliro universities and we have mega constructions that started in 1992, these are stalled projects and the variations that arise from these stagnant projects continue to increase and we will be spending a lot of money on them. Why do we not prioritise such concerns so that they are completed and we get benefits? While these constructions are not going on, our institutions are spending a lot of money hiring accommodation and space within towns. The same situation is happening in our schools. There are many stalled projects. In my constituency alone, I require 324 classrooms just to keep the running schools moving. So, we need to address the situation of stalled projects. I am happy with the Jua Kali intervention, this is very important. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the issue of where we are and where we are going. The human resource component needs to be managed properly, the Jubilee Government promised employment to the youth. We need to be walking towards this direction. I like this BPS but we need to get more practical on the issue of creation of employment. We should have aspects that are pointing directly at creation of employment to the youth in this BPS. It is good that we have the spirit and the willingness to support the aged people who are above 65 years of age. But, how much are we doing because so many of them are out there and are not being helped? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, these aged people are living with grandchildren and great-grandchildren who have come into their hands courtesy of the HIV epidemic. It is important we address the welfare of elderly people in the social sector more decisively. I would like to also raise my concerns on the disbursement of these funds once they have been appropriated. There is the rate of absorption which needs to be considered as we appropriate these funds We have institutions which hardly spend these monies. When they are given resources they do not spend the money and there is a lot of wastage. I think this BPS should carry the spirit where we say, the more you spend the more you get because when they spend, these institutions give us the motivation to give them more funds. That we have shown the willingness to give them money should not mean that they should get this money directly or without any consideration of how they are performing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the issue of the Exchequer release of these resources. The Exchequer needs to be encouraged to consistently release the resources once they have been appropriated. I know it will be a challenge because they 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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