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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Still in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, it is important that the Government does not leave the hardware part of it purely to the CDF. The infrastructure development in schools should not only be left to the CDF to construct classrooms and other facilities. Therefore, there should be a Vote under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in terms of infrastructure development in schools. I know it is there, but very minimal. Therefore, because education is not devolved, the national Government should complete the efforts of the CDF in terms of building these facilities in schools. When you look at Vote D1032, the much talked about in the last one week, namely, the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, this Ministry should be like the Committee on Implementation of this House. It should focus on other Government departments to ensure that Government directives especially in the employment of youths and the 30 per cent of all Government tenders that should go to the youth and women is implemented across all Government Ministries. With regard to the issue of the NYS which has been in the focus lately, what is being done by that Ministry is commendable in terms of creating jobs for our youth. But it should be implemented across all the constituencies. There is also need for us to know the criteria that is being used in terms of determining how many youths will be employed in each constituency. We have been seeing the NYS recruiting 3,000 youths in a constituency, 100 in another constituency and 1,000 in another. There should be a formula that should be applied across, so that we can know how many youths are going to be recruited in each constituency by the NYS. Vote D1051 is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. I want to applaud the Jubilee Administration for the last years that they have been in power for improving this country’s diplomatic relations. They have opened many missions across the world. Therefore, I will just encourage that the money that is being allocated should be used in terms of improving the existing missions abroad and also opening more. That will help us in economic diplomacy. If you look at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is now handling both economic and the normal diplomacy. It is high time we gave this Ministry a lot of money. We are spending a lot in rental services in terms of hiring consulars or embassies abroad, it is high time this Ministry owned some assets abroad by buying land and building our embassies. That will improve our relations with the rest of the world. Let me talk about D1102, which is the Ministry of Water and Regional Authorities. Lucky enough, from this Financial Year 2015/2016, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is now going to be a stand along Ministry. It has been a department under the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, but since the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, it is now going to be a substantive Ministry. This Ministry of Water and Irrigation should do a lot of irrigation in the ASAL areas if we want to improve food security in this country. 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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