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    "id": 625825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "On the point about ongoing projects, I agree with the Liaison Committee that we, indeed, need a list of projects that have not been completed. We are in a country that has a lot of half projects. We have half markets, half hospitals, half schools and half roads. It is time we completed these “halves”, so that the utility that is meant for these projects can be achieved for the country. I am particularly worried that the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs has not received an allocation directly. The National Treasury should move with time and the Presidential agenda. The President has created this Ministry and named a Cabinet Secretary for the matters of Public Service, youth and gender. It is important to create a State Department for Youth and Gender and to provide resources that would go into that work. I noticed in the planning there is Kshs8.1 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and other money up to Kshs12.7 billion in the Ministry of Devolution and Planning availed for youth and gender. This amount of money should be ring-fenced and taken to the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs to run the programmes of Uwezo Fund, affirmative action, the Women Enterprise Development Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. Even with all the problems with the National Youth Service (NYS), we need to clean up what is wrong with NYS and proceed with NYS projects as earlier envisaged. On the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services, I appreciate very much the increase in the national safety net especially the increased number of elderly persons who will receive cash. We recently hosted the President in our county, Nyeri where we had many people in the Mau Mau freedom fight. We raised the issue of the Mau Mau fighters being part of the beneficiaries of the cash transfer programme. The directive has already been made by the President. It is in order that some of these 760,000 elderly persons intended for the cash transfer in Nyeri and in other places where the Mau Mau fighters are found be given this money. Those old men who fought for our Independence have survived 52 years without the support of the Government. It is only fair that at this point in time, we remember some of those Mau Mau heroes. The Budget of education is Kshs191 billion that will go to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). We need to receive an award in Africa. TSC is the third largest employer in Africa. Its Budget is Kshs191 billion. Indeed, we have many teachers. The question of retired teachers is one that needs to be answered. The retired teachers need to receive their money because they have been waiting for it. Let me end on conditional allocations to counties. I appreciate very much the amount of money going to health. However, I urge for a policy statement that the money for health should go to health institutions. It should not go to governors. Money meant for a hospital should go to a hospital. Money meant for conditional allocations on free maternity, should go to the hospital. I do not know why this money is going to county governments and governors. The money should go directly to hospitals and be accounted for in the hospitals. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity."
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