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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this Motion. I rise to support this Motion as further amended twice. I agree with the Committee on how they allocated the Kshs3 billion which was the source of all these protests. I am not going into details because the Chairman did a good job in explaining how we divided the money. I belong to that Committee and we have done a very good job given the fact that you all know that the money available for distribution to various Government agencies is always not enough. This year alone the Treasury told us that we expect to have about Kshs1.34 trillion to divide between the two levels of Government. I must say that the Committee did a very good job. We consulted largely a lot of Ministries and agencies. I must say that there are certain Ministries that did a very good job before they came to us. One of those Ministries is the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. This Ministry looked at the issues that are affecting our country. In particular, free primary education has been enhanced. This time round the Ministry did a good job. The Ministry also brought forth a new item that we did not have last year, the free day secondary school. Those of us who come from pastoralist areas know that this will go a long way in helping the poor students. Parents of these children are unable to afford fees charged in the boarding schools. The idea of constructing new teacher training institutions is a good one. There are 60 teacher training institutions that are operational now. Adding 70 more is a good thing. As a Committee we thought that as soon as these 60 are completed then we should equip them so that they do not become white elephants. We need to use these institutes so that our people benefit, particularly those living in the rural areas. I am happy to say that we are talking with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to make sure that we equip these training institutes."
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