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    "id": 81265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Obure",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 118,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
        "slug": "christopher-obure"
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    "content": "I want to take this opportunity to commend some of the measures that have been taken and, in particular, the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). We have already begun to see the fruits of that initiative. I would urge the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance not to give up or despair in any way but, rather, take encouragement from the fact that we are beginning to see the fruits of some of those initiatives. What we wanted to do is already being done. We have seen some of the projects already being concluded. I will ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to come up with a similar programme that is targeting other aspects of the economy. We must do everything we can to accelerate economic growth and create employment, especially for our youth. More and more resources should be channeled in that direction. I want to request the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to address the issue which has been the subject of discussion and complaint by the private sector in respect to VAT refunds. The sooner we address that subject, the better it will be for this country, so that more resources can be available for re- investment. I also want to raise something about service delivery by line Ministries. We already have seen what devolved funds can do through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). There is a huge difference between the way devolved funds through the CDF are applied compared with the huge sums of money which are channeled through the line Ministries. I want to appeal to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and the Government generally to re-think, so that we can use Government funds more effectively through the devolved constituency system. I think we will get much better results by channeling that money through constituencies as opposed to line Ministries. With those few remarks I beg to second."
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