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    "content": "The unfortunate bit about budgeting is that resources can never be enough. The Committee received numerous requests from the public as well as Departmental Committees for various projects. Some of those requests were outside the budget ceiling and could not, therefore, be accommodated in this Budget. At this point, it is worth noting that some of the proposed projects by the Departmental Committees were very critical. For instance, I must mention the issue of payment of pension to retired teachers and the issue of shortage of teachers. We demanded to know from the Treasury why there was no budget in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for payment of the pensions. We were informed the national Government is still contesting the ruling that was made by the courts and there is a plan to appeal against the judgment. We, therefore, appeal to the Government to fast-track that process so that the Committee can factor the budget for payment of those teachers because they are suffering. This is a question we are confronted with by our constituents every time we stand to speak. Besides the teachers’ issues, other priority areas like the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions also came up and the fact that this has already been advertised and yet there was no budget for that programme. There was also the Lake Basin Authority issue. Being one of the parastatals, they had no single project to enable them raise A-in-A. There are projects that have stalled for a number of years and there was an appeal for funding to enable them complete the projects and raise A-in-A. They also wanted offices to be provided to accommodate the officers of the Authority and generate employment for our youth."
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