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    "id": 545655,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "I want to support the Report at the outset. This Supplementary Budget of 2014/2015 is good although they have not said where the additional Kshs70.07 billion will come from. We have not seen any sources of funding whether it will come from re -allocation from other departments or savings from the wastage that we have been having or could be the donor funding. There are good things that I feel I should support this budget. I have seen that over Kshs700 million has been allocated for developing infrastructure for 24 new universities. This will be very good because it will train our young people into the work force. My appeal to the Budget and Appropriations Committee is that in the next financial year and the subsequent years, they should allocate more money to education. That is what will propel this country to the status of a developed country. Once you put education first, you transform so many things. I have also seen that Kshs1billion has been allocated for the construction of Thwake Dam in Makueni. This will help in irrigating over 3000 hectares of land. It will generate jobs. It is good that this House allocates more money to build dams in dry areas where land is available. This will help the people living there and who depend on rain-fed agriculture. I have also seen that Kshs200 million has been allocated for drought management. My appeal is that this food should be distributed equitably. I have seen on national television clips of starving people in Turkana, Pokot and some parts of Kitui County where I come from. They should be given priority in the distribution of this food. I agree with the Budget and Appropriations Committee that we should not be allocating more money to salaries. There is so much money spent on recurrent expenditure. If we keep on spending more money on salaries, there will be little for development. I am sure we can re-adjust salaries so that nobody is paid so much yet the minimum wage is Kshs13,000 only. There is no justification why someone should earn Kshs2 million per month while another person earns Kshs13,000 irrespective of how well educated one is. It is unfair because we buy things from the same shops and use the same things for sustenance. The gap between our salaries is so wide. This House should take some time to harmonise that."
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