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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First, I would like to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for the manner in which he has moved this Motion. In addition, I wish also to thank His Excellency for giving his consent to this Motion. I would not also forget the Treasury team that has time and again, continued to maintain the inflation trends in our country. This is good spirit, and they should maintain that. I realized that the plight of primary school teachers will be addressed. Teachers have given notice of a national strike which will paralyze learning in our schools. Therefore, this Supplementary Estimates will address that issue. We also need to improve the quality of teaching in our schools. This is the time that that concern will be addressed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to drugs, I would like to inform the Ministry concerned that the needy in our society are not able to access drugs in Government hospitals because Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) has been very slow in its procurement process. Therefore, it is important that these funds are released to the Ministries so that important drugs can be availed to the common people in our society. Concerning security in our country, we recently noted that there were some clashes in Somalia. I wish to commend the Government for the way it handled that predicament. On the recruitment of police officers and APs we want to indicate that this should be the fairest and most accountable exercise in this country. We have noted that police officers have been shooting one another to death. Counseling services should be improved in the police force. Security in the nation must also be improved. In this House, all the hon. Members of Parliament have been complaining of adequate transport to police officers in our constituencies. This money should be channeled to buying vehicles for the police stations and even for the newly recruited District Commissioners. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our roads are in a pathetic condition. These funds, once released, will improve roads in the rural areas. The road network should not only be improved in Nairobi; there should be a facelift in the constituencies. Concerning the settlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry of State for Special Programmes should develop a timeframe within which the issue of IDPs will have been dealt with to finality in this country. In my view, all the IDPs who are suffering must be settled before the next general elections. We noted that when those IDPs tried to demonstrate on the Nairobi- Naivasha Highway, they were harassed and arrested by the police. These are angry people and they should be handled with a human face. With regard to the ESP programme, this programme was meant to eradicate poverty in our country and create employment for the youth. Therefore, allocating Kshs5.4 billion additional funding to this programme is very important. The free primary and subsidized secondary education should not be impeded as a result of Treasury not releasing enough money. This will enable these programmes continue uninterrupted with the release of these funds. Bursaries for the poor and orphaned will also be enabled for them to continue learning. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have noted that accommodation in our prisons is horrible and their housing standards should be improved. You also note that the price of fuel has gone up. Kerosene has become un-affordable. You also realize that our people cannot go to the forest because they are protected areas. Therefore, the peasant Kenyan must be facilitated to access kerosene. I believe the Government has the necessary muscle to reduce the price of kerosene so that the common mwananchi can be able to enjoy freedom in our country. Concerning the review of salaries for civil servants, this will go a long way to motivating and even enhancing performance in Government departments. I, therefore, fully support these Supplementary Estimates."
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