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"content": " Hon. Kibet Komingoi of Bureti Constutuency."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate the President for his Address which captured the mood of the nation very well. Having read the Address, the first few chapters posed questions to see how well we have been able to capture the mood of the country. He mentioned the new university education funding model, the mood of the country concerning the education system, the CBC, the classrooms that are yet to be completed, the difficult life Kenyans are facing under the cost of living, the seemingly no development within the regions and the stalled projects that we have in the country and the Social Health Insurance Fund programme now called Taifa Care. All these questions raised by the President in his Address brought to the fore acknowledgement and the commitment that the nation must continue to encourage itself in its discussion so that we can have meaningful engagement. Combining that with thoughtful responses, the Address brought out what we really need to have and discuss as a nation. This is for the purposes of moving forward, and also bringing all to understand the challenges that we are facing as a country and tackle them. The second issue I would like to raise and which I quite agree with the President is the broad-based government. It is for the inclusion of all for the purposes of serving all. This is to ensure that all people are brought on board to secure this nation in its economic endeavours and the social fabric of this country to be intact, and even the political ideas. It is not only meant for us to agree and be uniform but also to move this country forward so that all of us benefit from the programmes and the policies of the Kenya Kwanza government. I quite agree with the President that what is good for the nation is also good for each and every section, ethnic community and region of this country. Moving forward, we need to harness our efforts and vision together to build one nation. On the question of food security and the stability of our rural economies, we realise that for us to be able to grow our rural economies, we must invest more in agriculture. In the sugar sector, as it was pronounced, 17 factories have been revived. And soon we shall be sugar sufficient and ready to export even sugar. We should move also to other sectors of our economy. I have in mind tea production in this country. We should be able to harness and bring together our farmers. We should also bring together agricultural policies to support our farmers, especially in the tea and coffee sectors. In the tea industry, some factories are old from the mzungu days. The government should look into all these aspects improve and modernise them so that our people may grow tea that benefits them. That way, the efforts and determination of our farmers will translate to money in their pockets. There is insecurity in the coffee regions, especially the theft of coffee. There must be integrated policies on security for our farmers and their produce so that they can secure their products. In my constituency, there is a coffee farm and a coffee pulping station that was invaded and two people were killed. Because of that, we must harness and bring together all policies to secure the farmer, the produce and the livelihood of the people so that we can continue to secure the lives of our people. Today, they will be holding a fundraising for the funeral expenses."
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"content": " Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for this moment you have granted me so that I can make my contribution in relation to the State of the Nation Address by our able President, William Samuel Ruto. The most impressive point in the President’s Address is the matter of food security. This country has gone through a lot of challenges. When the President took over this government and made sure that there was a decrease in the prices of fertilisers, it assisted farmers on the ground. Most of farmers have confessed to having high production of food in their farms. We are now expecting the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to assist them to get even better prices for their farm produce. Another main point that His Excellency the President raised in this Parliament was unemployment. This is a big and thorny issue in relation to the youths in this country. I find it very encouraging that His Excellency the President went beyond this nation and made a lot of partnerships with different countries. He found many jobs outside the country. It has motivated us as single constituency Members of Parliament because in our respective constituencies, we have had a lot of short courses. We also have Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes where we have trained many youths. We appreciate the overseas jobs which His Excellency the President has found in different countries. We are now seeing the fruit. Yesterday, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection, Dr Mutua, was in Nakuru County. Many beneficiaries may be coming from my constituency, Njoro, because I had trained many youths in short courses. To encourage more youths, we appreciate the action by His Excellency the President to ensure that we have an increment on employment of teachers. There is a big baggage of many trained but unemployed teachers in this country. This is a thorny issue. Therefore, we appreciate the President’s action. So far, we have over 56,000 teachers who are already employed. We expect 20,000 teachers to be employed in January, 2025. On job creation, we appreciate the creation of jobs outside the country. We challenge the National Employment Authority to ensure that the poor youths are not burdened by employment agencies. The President also raised the point on public universities, which I appreciate. We have a lot of challenges. Most universities have undergone a lot of challenges. Some institutions are dead. I appreciate it because one of the beneficiary institutions is Egerton University, which is in my constituency. Lastly, I expected the President to speak on climate change, but it was forgotten. He is the head of all Heads of State in Africa in championing climate change. Kenya is at the forefront on climate change matters. His Excellency the President is the champion of climate change matters. I expected that point to be appreciated in his Speech. His absence in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) was felt by everyone. He has played a great role globally in climate change matters."
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"content": " Hon. Esther Passaris."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the State of the Nation Address. It was one of the best State of the Nation addresses I have ever heard. It was real, humble and progressive. It showed the areas which the President has focused on and worked hard, and the systems and structures he is putting in place. We have to understand that he has been in office only since 2022. From 2022, I celebrate and commend him for being a very hard-working and focused President. I am not surprised that he and the Right Hon. Raila Odinga have teamed up to form the broad-based Government. The broad-based Government does not negate issues. Even Members who support the Government are in the opposition. We are in the opposition because we are convicted that something is right and wrong. Anyone in this House can choose, at any point in their leadership, to shift from being in the opposition or the Government. We see that in this House. It shows"
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