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    "id": 908751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Mulyungi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was talking about coal. There is no budget for coal and I am very happy and excited. What has been included is Kshs131 million for the study of airborne geophysical survey on mining. On youth and women, I have noted there is a reduction of Kshs600 million for youth and Kshs100 million for women. This Committee is not gender sensitive. It is not looking at the welfare of the youth. I would have preferred that, instead of reducing the budget for youth and women, they should have increased it. On food security, there have been no rains. In my county, we have a lot of food problems. The addition of Kshs400 million for food security is too little. It is a drop in the ocean. I would have preferred that the budget should have been increased so that we secure food reserves for the remaining months when we will have no rains. That is because the next rains will come in November and December and we expect food in January and February. On water harvesting and ground exploitation, I can see an addition of Kshs600 million. It is not enough. We have a lot of water problems especially in the dry counties like my county of Kitui. I would have preferred that this is increased so that we have more boreholes and dams in the counties. There is an allocation of Kshs500 million for Umaa dam which is too little for a dam. We have had a lot of wastage of money in other big dams. I thought that money should 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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