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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Sankok",
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    "content": "want to continue doing so. We want to move forward. So, can they provide their leadership as soon as possible? I am also worried because Baba is not around. So, I do not know who will give them direction. Hon. Speaker, I am in support of this Motion. First, because of the money allocated to Lake Turkana Power Project. That is a very important project in this country because it will add to our national grid. Cash transfer to elderly persons who are allocated Kshs6.2 billion shillings is very important because we have become a civilized nation. At times you find that elderly persons are left in the rural areas and they suffer a lot. They are given a monthly stipend of around Kshs2000 and National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) cards to cover for their health insurance. We really support it because it will make their lives more comfortable. There is also necessity to make sure that we have funds for this coming election because there is none. I want to repeat this one clearly that there is no shortcut to become the President of this country. You can only become the President of this country through an election. And we want to finish up with this election so that the country can move forward because we cannot live in a lacuna where we are always uncertain of the future. So, I really support and these funds should be provided as soon as possible so that again we do not have excuses from the IEBC that they want to delay the election even for a single day. We want the election to be held on 26th October 2017 as provided by IEBC. Hon. Speaker, I want to support the allocation of money to farmers. Farmers in this country have been suffering. We really need to understand that agriculture is the backbone of our economy and we need to allocate it as much money as possible. Another very important allocation was the equipping of our technical institutes. We have constructed almost 290 technical institutes in every constituency but they are not equipped. Some of them are not functional. We really need them to be equipped and our young men and women to be trained. It is a shame that in a country like Kenya, we are importing furniture from Dubai and yet our labour force is huge than it is in Dubai. Dubai imports labour force from Kenya. We import equipment from them yet their furniture is actually made by our own young men who have migrated in search of greener pastures to Dubai. I really support equipping of our technical institutes. Hon. Speaker, our President has been on record promising free secondary education from next year. We want to make this a reality because the Government cannot promise its citizens and fail to deliver. We want to assist in the delivery of the promises that have been made by our President on behalf of the Government and all leaders of this country. Lastly, we are very happy that today our colleagues in the House are very jovial. I want to extend a hand of friendship so that in future they will be around joining us every now and then. Even though I suspect it is because today we were discussing the leadership of NASA. I do not know who leaked information that we are discussing their leadership. Probably, that is why all of them poured inside here. When we are discussing about free secondary education, equipping our technical institution, allocating money to farmers and healthcare, they go out. They have already gone out. It is unfortunate that they have gone out to the streets to picket. Some of our people are saying they are here."
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