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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, planning is a very important tool for one to realize a timely input and output for achievement and value for our resources. I have gone to some countries to learn best practices. The countries that I have gone to, to see their budget making process, do their budgets factoring in all issues for the whole year. There are some countries which do not even have supplementary budgets. This is because they bring on board all people who understand the budget and budget making. As a result, they foresee what the country requires. They do not have any supplementary budgets because they do proper budgeting. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister, more so, on the Economic Stimulus Package. This was a very noble programme. For the first time in the history of this country, I have seen resources being shared very fairly and justly in the whole country. We want to congratulate and thank the Minister for doing that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want also to thank the Minister for factoring in money for drought alleviation. The amount of Kshs5 billion, to me, is just too little given the kind of drought and problems that are out there. Again, this Kshs5 billion is coming too late, when many people have been affected and are suffering in the pastoralist community. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Minister for looking into the issue of human resource capacity building, particularly our teachers and the police force. I have been to police camps and seen the kind of houses they live in. I have also seen the conditions they work under while protecting our lives and property. It is mindful of the Minister to really care for the police this time round. Also, the teachers of this country have cried for many years. Having been a teacher, I have gone to the streets for many years demanding for salary increments. Today, I am the happiest person because the issues of teachers, who are the human resource builders of this country, have been addressed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only issue that I feel is very genuine in the Supplementary Budget is the implementation of the Constitution. That is the most genuine element of our Budget. Since we are in the reform process and in a transitional period, we need to congratulate the Minister for allocating money that is meant for the implementation of the Constitution, which includes putting up commissions, laws and reform mechanisms. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, there are some funds that have been in our Budget, particularly those meant for cash transfers for our senior citizens, orphans and vulnerable children of our country and the disabled persons. These funds have only reached 44 districts. They do not cover the whole country. The Minister for Finance can be taken to court by the rest of the districts that this money has not reached. That element can be violation of the Bill of Rights. It amounts to discrimination. So, in the Budget for 2011/2012 we would like to see additional funds to the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Women Enterprise Development Fund and cash transfers for the elderly, vulnerable children and disabled persons. This is crucial and important. We would like to see those funds reach the whole country and not concentrated to only 44 districts. I am in a Committee that oversees a Ministry that undertakes this very noble project. I have gone to Ganze which is one of the constituencies where the poverty index is very low and the people who live there are very poor. The Government transfers Kshs1,500 to the senior citizens. When they saw us they celebrated our coming and told us that Kshs1,500 was good money. They also told us that if the Government could reach vulnerable people like them then it would be a wonderful and noble project. If Kshs1,500 can make an old man in Ganze very happy, then we have a responsibility as a House and Treasury to enhance this programme so that it can reach every vulnerable person in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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