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    "id": 841988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee. First of all, the Committee rationalised the budget and make sure that most non-essentials especially in the Government like tea and entertainment allowances were reduced. I want to look at Vote 1064. It is indicated that there was a reduction of Kshs1.3 billion especially on the recruitment of teachers or trainers. I want to say that the Government did well especially in building technical training institutes and it has gone ahead to recruit over 2,000 teachers for technical training institutes. I will only urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee in the second Supplementary Budget to reinstate this amount so that enough teachers will be recruited in technical training institutes. On the laptops programme, I want to note that this is one of the pet projects of the Jubilee Government and it has been implemented very well for the last two to three years. I know there is a reduction of almost Kshs5 billion, but this reduction also needs to be reinstated in the second Supplementary Budget so that it succeeds very well. I note that the money allocated to infrastructure for schools last year was Kshs1.5 billion. This year it is Kshs1.6 billion. This means they have an additional amount of almost Kshs100 billion. This will go a long way in ensuring that the 100 per cent transition in schools in attained. In fact, the building and construction of schools across the country has been going on very well. The budget of Kshs2.1 billion that had been indicated earlier on had actually served well. On the TSC, I think there is a very small reduction of Kshs67 million which is on rationalisation. I support the Motion. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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