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    "id": 909945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Butula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Oyula",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph H Maero Oyula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I want to start by congratulating the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the good work it has done. Besides the normal budget, they have gone into details to analyse various items that are of importance. I also want to thank them for seriously looking at the education sector. The allocation for technical schools has been improved. This will encourage us to work on the TTIs that we are required to have in our constituencies. I am now happy that the TTI that is being constructed in my constituency will be adequately funded. With regard to primary schools, there is an allocation that will cater for the increase in the number of teachers. This has been a big problem. I hope the TSC will recruit the number given so that the shortage of teachers in our schools is addressed. The TSC has always had problems with funding that is required to increase the number of teachers. For that reason, we have a big shortage of teachers in both primary and secondary schools. This increment, I am sure, will help our schools which are over populated with students. Even if the teachers will not be enough, at least, the number will be increased. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, an analysis has been done on the support to various universities. Every university has received about Kshs80 million for construction of various facilities. This analysis is good because it will ensure that every university listed is supported. I wish to draw the attention of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to a university in Busia County known as Alupe University College, which has not been considered yet it is an ongoing project. The university college was allocated Kshs200 million during the Financial Year 2017/2018, but not much was spent because of the release of funds. Only Kshs10 million out of the Kshs200 that was allocated was spent during that year. In 2018/2019, Kshs280 million was allocated to Alupe University College, but not much has been spent up to now because of the cash releases. In the 2019/2020 proposal, there is nothing allocated to Alupe University College. I urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee to look into this matter because it is going to create pending bills in future. The ongoing works are bound to stall. This analysis shows us the areas the budget has concentrated on. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Budget. Thank you."
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