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    "id": 908713,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Chache North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi",
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Budget Estimates approved by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. There are some issues which have not been addressed. For example, there were roads in my county which were budgeted for in the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 budgets but they were not allocated any funds in the 2018/2019 Budget. I hope the Committee will demand that those roads are reinstated and reallocated funds. That is one aspect we must check when approving those budgets whether there are some projects which have been done away with without actually being done. I have a very bad experience. In 2012, the Government allocated funds to the tune of Kshs2 billion in the Budget for an airport which would border Kisii, Migori County and Narok County. Two years later, the money was removed from there and we do not know where it went. There was no airport built. We do not want to face the same situation with our roads. Secondly, money has been allocated adequately to water but we have not considered areas like Kisii, Thika, Kakamega and Kiambu counties which are densely populated and their rivers or water points are heavily polluted. They are carrying diseases. They must be considered. Water resources must be considered for those densely-populated areas. The third thing is about health. One of the Big Four Agenda is universal healthcare. How can you have universal healthcare if when you go to a Kisii Hospital or Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi, you find three people lying in one bed which should be carrying one person? Why can 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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