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    "content": "It is during this time that we also realised that the WEDF and the YEDF were doing a fantastic job. We discovered that they had money that they lend out to youth and women. We also realised that over the last five years their budget was on a reducing trend whereby they were given very little money in terms of Recurrent Expenditure and Development Expenditure for the last five years. The Committee was at pains to understand why such funds as the WEDF and the YEDF cannot have an increase in loaning capacity. They are already doing a fantastic job in terms of collection of money. We also realised that there are quite a number of institutions that have very high Recurrent Expenditure compared to the monies allocated for development. I think it is in that line that many of the committees reallocated monies to other institutions that are doing well. I support this Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I would also want to put it clearly that institutions like the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have money for Free Primary Education (FPE) and Free Secondary Education. However, when you look at some of the areas such as Isiolo which is in arid and semi-arid areas, we realise that as much as they are allocating money for free education, many of the schools in those areas have not been given consideration in terms of how they should benefit from FPE. So, as I finish, I support the Committee’s recommendations and I plead with Members of this House to support the Report."
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