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    "content": "to produce census results. We will accuse it for not having enough vehicles. We shall accuse it for not having enough development officers in the districts. We shall accuse it of all sorts of things. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is very easy for the Government to allocate resources. The budget of Kshs1.3 billion is definitely inadequate. I hope that in the coming year, this Ministry will get sufficient allocation in order to meet the roles that all of us expect it to perform. With the creation of so many new districts, the first officer who is expected to arrive at the new district besides the District Commissioner (DC) and the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) is a District Development Officer (DDO). How do you expect a DDO to operate when he has no vehicles and an office? May I urge the Treasury to consider giving this Ministry resources to buy vehicles and equip offices so that the key role that it plays becomes easy and performance becomes obvious. I know one of the offices that every Member of Parliament calls upon for help when applying for their CDF monies and other things is the DDO. At least I used to do that when I was an elected Member of Parliament. Let us equip their offices. Let us ensure that their offices are model offices in which the DC, OCPD and all other Ministries can depend on for information when it comes to planning the constituency and district affairs. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this office is mandated with something every single one of us speaks of. That is Vision 2030. There is not a single speech that is read in this country that does not praise Kenya for having the Vision 2030. Have you seen the resources allocated to this office? This is an office that is expected to transform Kenya from a third world country to a Tiger of Asia. We have a very high powered Director-General, a very capable young man with a very capable team yet they have been allocated peanuts. They hardly have any money to meet any expenses. If you go to other countries that have an office like this, the resources that the nation puts aside for that office to coordinate all of us in Government and private sector to perform and deliver the vision is huge. I look forward to a day when this Ministry can be given sufficient resources so that our Vision 2030 delivery secretariat becomes fully operational with appropriate staff and all that it takes to perform its functions."
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