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    "content": "components. Out of this Budget of Kshs3 trillion, close to Kshs280 billion are monies which will be appropriated to the 47 county governments. There are mandatory payments in this Budget, which even without the approval of this House will have priority in the Consolidated Fund, popularly known as Consolidated Fund Services. This House, through this Report, is making a decision in terms of how to spend an amount close to Kshs1.9 trillion. You will equally realise that this Budget has met the requirements of our Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act, especially in making sure that a reasonable amount will end up in development. You will note that over 30 per cent will end up in Development Expenditure in terms of road infrastructure, construction of dams, electrification, including the very popular initiative of providing skills to our youth. We have voted and agreed as the Budget and Appropriations Committee that we need to set aside resources for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes. We want to have a technical institute in every county. With that in mind, in this Budget, you will realise substantial resources both for infrastructure and technical institutes. Equally, substantial resources have been set aside for grants to students who will be studying at those technical institutes. The technical institutes are very important for those who want to be in the labour market in the future. You realise that just close to 8 per cent of all the students who sit for Form Four examinations end up in universities. We must get a solution for the 92 per cent. We must get a place for them in this nation. That is why we have identified the technical institutes as national Government to be one of the places where some of the 92 per cent of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates will acquire skills. We also expect the county governments to equally play their roles in financing the polytechnics so that those who drop out in Form One or Form Two, and those who do not score adequate grades in Form Four, including those who do not succeed to go to Form One, can at least acquire certain skills from what are popularly known as polytechnics. In this Budget, we have continued to make sure that there is a minimal increment to National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). The NG-CDF…"
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