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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "I would also like to raise an issue on the amount of money that was allocated to universities. I want to say that the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee did well by reallocating money to some of the universities, like Kisii University Campus, which has more than 5,000 students. From the Budget you notice that they did not have any development money before the reallocation and I squarely put this blame on the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. Some of the universities that have less than 5,000 students were receiving close to Kshs1 billion whereas some of the universities that have 1,000 students and more were not getting more than Kshs100 million. I would like to urge the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology and the Departmental Committee on Health to make sure that there is equity and fairness when they allocate money for such sectors so that we can support them when they bring their figures to this House. This time, we will let the Motion pass because Kisii University Campus, at least, got Kshs100 million after the reallocation. The undone projects which they have are worth about Kshs1.6 billion. All these are projects that have been half-done. It is, therefore, harming and affecting the students who are going to school. Hon. Speaker, I would also like to mention that the security sector has been allocated money. We are happy about that because of the challenges that the Ministry and the President are having on matters of security. However, I would like the governors to stop talking about devolving security. It is not possible for this country. We have not reached a stage whereby you can take arms and hand them to governors and be sure that security is improved. The governors should be involved and they should work hand in hand with the Presidency and the national Government so that we can tackle insecurity. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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