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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion, starting with the seconder, Dr. Khalwale and ending with the Assistant Minister. I want to thank them for the keen attention that both the Assistant Minister and the substantive Minister have shown. I am grateful that out of this, all hon. Members have agreed that the issue of trebling this fund should just be the bare minimum. We received information about issues which we did not take into account. There is a lot of information, for example, what Dr. Machage was talking about. I did not go into the technical and highly professional courses, which I am aware, cost much more. These are the areas where we need to train our people on mostly, if we are to industrialize by the year 2030. So, I really appreciate. I would just want to mention the support by Mr. Mwatela, Ms. Shakila, Mr. Mungatana, Eng. Rege, Mr. ole Metito, Dr. Machage, Ms. Shebesh, Mr. Ojaamong, Ms. Mbarire, Mr. Njuguna and the Assistant Minister, who was the official responder. Mr. Assistant Minister, the ball is in your court. It is gratifying that you are an educationist of high standing, and you understand what we are talking about. So, we are sure that you will help us to push this. We are talking about trebling the amount. I am talking about moving from about Kshs3 billion to about Kshs10 billion. We have been very happy talking about a huge budget. We have been bragging that in the larger region here, we are the most prosperous economy, with a budget of Kshs1 trillion. So, if we have our priorities right, we do not even need to go and look for money elsewhere. It is a matter of just trying to juggle around with the figures. If within the last few days, when we were engaged in the celebrations we had at Uhuru Park--- I think the Minister for Finance or the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, has to come here and give us an account of the amount of money that was spent. Almost Kshs300 million was spent on a single day’s event and we are giving this institution only Kshs200 million to administer its activities for the whole year. I think we have our priorities upside down. It was good we spent that money because we were celebrating an event which has taken us many years to achieve. It has taken people’s lives. Maybe, it was also good for us to spend that money to bury some of the bad evils. If we can do that, it means we can actually raise money when we need it. When we introduced the CDF in this Parliament, it was two and a half per cent. The former regime resisted it. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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