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    "id": 531606,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "with modalities on which this Fund should be disbursed, I want to ask the CRA to relook and review the criteria used. It should base the qualification on the smallest unit of development even if it is a ward or a constituency, but not to generalise on a county. Still on the ASAL areas, the issue of food security has been a national problem. We have been experiencing below average rains, increased food prices and conflicts. These have contributed to about 15 per cent increase in the number of people requiring food assistance. In the coming financial year’s Budget, it is good that we allocate enough money to the National Irrigation Board (NIB) that can assist it in creating ways of increasing food security, especially in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). Recently, there was a food security assessment which was released by the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). It estimated that about 1.5 million people are acutely food insecure. This information calls for additional resources to the NIB for them to do water pans and dams that can assist those areas in getting out of that food problem. If you read the Bill, it is projected that the economic growth this coming Financial Year of 2015/2016 is going to be 6.9 per cent. I want to believe that this projection of economic growth will have an impact on job creation. This is because of the high rate of unemployment of our youth. Currently, about 40 per cent of our youth are unemployed. The projection in economic growth should result into job creation. We should expand the economy and the market so that we get our youth into the job sector. It is very alarming to have 40 per cent of our youth unemployed. I want to applaud the recent proposal by His Excellency the President of rebranding the National Youth Service (NYS). It is very critical especially in ensuring that youth play a very critical role in the country’s development agenda. What is happening now is that they are being used in building a security wall between Kenya and Somalia along the Mandera border but more specifically, is that such economic projection should result to job creation for our youth. Finally, on the issue of enhancing security operation in the Bill which includes buying and leasing of police vehicles, I support the proposal by the Budget and Appropriations Committee that, that duty be transferred from the National Treasury to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. That is when it will make an impact. They are the ones who are best placed to know which areas need police vehicles. Maybe, we just leave the National Treasury to do the oversight role. It is good that security service delivery be enhanced through more budget allocation. Police in Kenya over time operate with very limited resources. This has led to weak operational preparedness and lack of equipment and logistics in a modern country. I want to plead that as we do that in that Ministry, we should not forget the welfare of our police officers. I beg to support. Thank you."
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