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    "id": 763467,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I stand to second. As the Leader of the Majority Party has clearly and ably stated, this Bill is for the purpose of providing the necessary funding for the fresh presidential election. Therefore, any doubting Thomas who has been thinking that this country is gone to the dogs, and that we can borrow money from the United Nations Development Programe (UNDP), should know that this is a country which is on its feet. It is capable of funding its programmes, including funding the fresh presidential election of 26th October. I confirm to the country that we have provided Kshs12 billion for the purpose of ensuring that we have free and fair repeat presidential election on 26th October 2017. When the Government assured Kenyans that it was committed to providing universal and free secondary education, some people thought that it was a dream. If some are still standing waiting and dreaming that this is not a reality, today it is becoming a reality because we have provided Kshs25 billion for the purpose of funding free secondary education starting January 2018. The Government went on to say that we do not want to run a country which is practising discrimination in terms of catering for the welfare of the elderly. The people who are old are not supposed to be left alone. Previously, they struggled to meet their basic needs. The Government is committed to ensure that all Kenyans aged above 70 years are provided with some money from the Cash Transfer Fund. At the same time, those elderly people will be provided with insurance to cater for their health. They include “ Baba” . I hear he is above 70 years old. They will benefit from the Cash Transfer Fund without discrimination. Whether they are rich or poor, they will benefit from the Cash Transfer Fund to make their lives happier. In order to enable the Government to cater for that programme, we have provided an additional Kshs6.2 billion. We are making most of the things that the Government has promised Kenyans a reality. These Supplementary Estimates are very necessary, and they have come at the right time. As we end the year, we want to make the lives of our people very comfortable. In the past, this country used to thrive a lot on the annual agricultural shows, through which good agricultural practices were shared amongst farmers. Farmers are responsible for food security in this country because they provide cheap and reliable sources of basic commodities like maize and milk. In order to ensure that farmers remain productive, they need to share good practices across the world. To achieve that, we have provided Kshs350 million for the purpose of upgrading our agricultural show in Nairobi. This will come in handy because the Ministry of Agriculture is geared towards upgrading and ensuring that the old Agricultural Show of Kenya comes back. This will be done as from January next year. The Nairobi ASK will be among the many best of those agricultural shows."
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