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    "content": "concerned Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) will engage the youth and women in gainful economic activities. Hon. Speaker, development and support of sports, culture and heritage remains a key priority of Government so as to nurture talent of our youth and safeguard our national heritage. As you well know, Kenya is known throughout the world for her undisputed command of athletics. Our athletes continue to do Kenya proud and we aim to develop a pool of such sportsmen and sportswomen. In partnership with the private sector, we shall invest in sports development, including expansion and modernisation of sports facilities so that we become a sports hub for regional and international sports. As a start, I have allocated Kshs1.8 billion to construct a major stadium in each of the following cities: Nairobi, Mombasa and Eldoret. This will help to encourage growth of youth talents in sports and nurture them as a catalyst for growth and development. We expect the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts to utilise this allocation efficiently by employing modern technologies of construction to deliver on this service. Further, we shall aim to develop, preserve and protect our culture and national heritage. Towards this end, I propose to allocate Kshs1.1 billion for cultural programmes. Hon. Speaker, I now turn to investment in quality education. We have made tremendous progress over the recent past on educational access largely due to increased enrolment, following the introduction of free primary education in 2003 and free tuition in secondary schools in 2006. However, there are still concerns on the quality and relevance of education and the high number of pupils dropping out of school with no clear alternative access to acquisition of lifelong skills to enable them to find jobs. To improve the quality of basic education in our country and lessen the burden of parents, I propose to increase capitation to Kshs32.7 billion for free day secondary school education and Kshs14.1 billion for Free Primary Education (FPF). This will take us a step closer to making Free Primary and Secondary Education truly free. In addition, I am allocating Kshs400 million for sanitary towels for girls in school and Kshs1 billion for the School Feeding Programme to ensure that no child misses school. Similarly, I propose to allocate Kshs3 billion for technical training institutes, Kshs52.9 billion for university education and Kshs7.5 billion for Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to increase the quality as well as access to tertiary institutions. To further support the demand for increased enrolment, I propose to allocate Kshs2.3 billion for the recruitment of an additional 5,000 teachers and Kshs2.2 billion for promotion of teachers. Improving the quality of our education system and making it accessible to all school-going children through a comprehensive e-learning programme remains a priority of this Administration. As such, through this Budget, we are, once again, allocating a total of Kshs17.58 billion for deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) learning devices to schools, development of digital content, building the capacity of teachers and rolling out computer laboratories for Class 4 to Class 8 in all schools throughout the country. I am confident that this time round, this key Jubilee Government project will finally take off."
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