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    "id": 58876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/58876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion with the full understanding that these supplementary estimates are very critical in the final roadmap towards the next financial year. Some of the areas that have been factored in these supplementary estimates are critical and particularly the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) programmes that have been fairly popular with the electorate and mwanachi throughout the country. Due to the shortage of funds in this region, I am quite happy to note that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has now made provision for Kshs5.5 billion to be able to support the ESP programmes that are already in progress. Those of us who are in the line Ministries handling some of these documents and portfolios were a little bit dismayed that the degree of progress, particularly the requisitioning of additional funding has been slow in some regions in this country. Therefore, with the release of these funds, our hope is that this will be speeded up particularly the centres of excellence and the model schools that also fall within the bracket here so that we are able to have a solid ground to request for additional funds from Treasury. Without that happening, I see an uphill task in convincing Treasury to once again roll over this amount of money towards the completion of these projects."
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