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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Noor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to take this chance to support the Motion of Adjournment. I did not get a chance to contribute to the Supplementary Estimates. I know they are crucial and very important estimates that we have just approved as a House. The major increments have gone to day school education. Day secondary school education is something that was in the Government manifesto. We promised Kenyans that we will have free secondary school education. I am very happy to be part of the people who this evening has approved the Estimates that include money for free day secondary education. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to talk about the resources that were earmarked and approved for senior citizens in this country, namely, the cash transfer. In the 10th Parliament, I was the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare which dealt with the issue. I was among the first people who first looked into the issue of cash transfer for senior citizens. I went around the country and I saw the impact it has had on our people. When I went to Ganze Constituency, I met with senior citizens and they told very moving stories. They felt that that was the first time the Kenyan Government remembered them. The money given as cash transfer was so little, but they appreciated it. I would be keen and interested to see that one day, this House will discuss and debate increment in the amount given through the cash transfer programme to our senior citizens, orphans and vulnerable children in this nation. What we are giving them is just too little that we really need to re-look into the policy that addresses the issue. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we look at the framework for commitments that we make, it is not comprehensive. We need to relook at the frameworks that we have in place particularly our commitments with our partner organisations and development partners that give resources to this country since every year we revisit issues of resource allocation. We also need to look at the issue of teachers. The National Treasury must keep aside some resources to improve the status of teachers, nurses and particularly housing of our security The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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