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    "content": "I am also happy that this Ministry has seen it fit to give the National Coordination Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD) very good money. It is only that it does not seem to sustain it. When you look at the future projected estimates, the numbers are declining. This Agency has proven itself. It is networking with Parliament through the Population and Development Network which I have the privilege of chairing and all of you are very good members. This is where we look at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We are looking at repositioning family planning. We are looking at what we can do to the country. It is not just enough to reproduce and have as many numbers, the quality of life is equally important. For us Members of Parliament who may be having some political aspirations even beyond 2012, the issue is not the number of very poor emaciated Kenyans who just go to the ballot box to elect you. We want fewer Kenyans who are well fed, looking nice and they will elect you. That office will not be abolished whether you are poor or rich. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on population census, this is a budget the Ministry was given as early as the year 2005. This is an exercise that is carried out every ten years. This is an exercise that you can start planning for now. You can estimate when you are going to conduct census; 2425, the standard is known. Why do we not seem to be aware when to release the same results if not for the old trick of the KANU regime of playing around with figures in order to make some tribes lesser than others? There is a belief that if you come from Turkana you have no capacity to reproduce. If you come from Pokot or North Eastern--- That because I come from some part of the Republic, I am the only one who God ordained. Let us have timetables and follow them. It is not good for the Minister himself who is in charge of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to behave as if he cannot add up the figures. He behaves as if he does not know how to project. This is a Ministry full of eminent economists. If there is any Ministry in the Republic of Kenya that has professional economists; and I speak for a profession I know--- I feel embarrassed when they cannot tell us when they will release results. I am, therefore, hoping that the deadline of 31st August is going to be the last one and it will not be shifted again. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, payment for some of the people who participated in the census is still an issue. I know we have discussed with the Minister and he is willing to consider it but it is a recurring problem. The Minister needs to audit and make sure they are paid. When you start by paying---"
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