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"content": "the independence of the House and the Members. In 2023, I stood up here and supported the Finance Bill because I was a Member of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works. Being an elected Member for Nairobi City County, I know that one of the things that ails us is housing. Just two days ago, it was raining heavily in Nairobi and I prayed for everyone who lives in the informal settlements of this city. No one should live in a slum in the capital city of Kenya, which is rated as one of the most progressive cities, yet we have people who live in tin huts. They can be washed away by the rains. I cannot imagine what children are going through, the noise and the fear that their houses will collapse. The President has commissioned houses all across the country. In the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works, we have also commissioned markets everywhere. So, we have trade and housing. Some people are against the housing project. They might not want it, but millions of Kenyans living in informal settlements need them. I am happy and proud that he fought for the Housing Levy. We needed it to be dedicated to housing. It is morally wrong for a Member of Parliament or businessman earning Ksh1 million to pay Ksh500 for NHIF and expect to have UHC. It means that anybody in this country can walk into a hospital or facility, and be treated by doctors and get medicine. What does it mean to have doctors and nurses? It means we have jobs. What does it mean to have schools and students in schools? It means we have jobs for teachers. This is a holistic programme. I tell Kenyans out there, especially the ones who are abroad and have never voted, that they should not send any taxes to Kenya. Certain citizens pay taxes, if they want pensions in their country. A lot of Kenyans who live abroad make so much noise. They keep branding the President a liar. I will tell you one thing that there is no one who can make a promise and deliver it when things that are beyond his control come to play. When the President took over the Government, we had climate change to deal with. Secondly, we had wars all over the place. We were coming out from COVID-19, and he has tried his best. He is doing his best. The naysayers and those who are negative, please, remember Kenya belongs to all of us. The President said that we have to be resilient, focused and work together. The efforts to bring Kenya from poverty to prosperity depend on all of us. Our forefathers worked hard, and we are working hard. The youth of today will work hard tomorrow. The country continues to progress. Let us celebrate the wins we have today because if we do not do it, then we cannot bless the nation. Thank you, Mr President for the good work you are doing. Continue, and may God continue to favour you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Hon. Kivai Ogesi."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ernest Kivai",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the State of the Nation Address by the President. This Speech is timely, honest or candid, factual, hopeful, progressive and challenging. It is timely because when the President was delivering it, the nation was very expectant and he did not know whether to go left or right. The President gave hope to the nation, told us where we are and where we are going. Why do I say the Speech was honest or candid? If you look at its preamble, he started by acknowledging very many things. He acknowledged that people out there are suffering. They are losing hope. He knows and understands that, and he strives to do something about it. Why do I say that this Speech was factual? All across its entire spectrum, the President was speaking on a topical matter and giving facts. For example, in the area of agriculture, he gave facts on almost all aspects. There is the issue of fertiliser supply and subsidising agriculture. We all know this, and we have seen it. I will give you a very good example from the village I come from. My neighbour who hardly harvests a bag of maize every time the harvesting cycle comes around told me that she"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "harvested close to 15 bags. I asked her the reason and she told me it was because of the fertiliser. She applied fertiliser both at the planting season and the top-dressing season. In that same meeting, there was another gentleman who was seated next to me and he said that the Government supplied them with stones and rocks. In a situation, people can either see a glass as half full or half empty. This gentleman is a typical example of somebody who sees a glass as half empty. But overall, we have traversed this country and seen that farmers have had a good harvest. That is also reflected in the figures the President gave on the number of bags of maize in our stores. Obviously, all these successes come with challenges. The challenge here is that we should try and avoid all post-harvesting losses. Additionally, as one of us here has said, the Government should find a way of ensuring that farmers are adequately compensated through the prices paid by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). On the economy, facts are out there. For example, on the exchange rate, some of us who have studied economics keep on wondering why the Kenya shilling is resilient. That resilience is not from nowhere; it is out of the micro-economic policies that have been pursued by the Government. Nobody can argue on the inflation rate because it is factual. The foreign exchange reserves are critical because if we do not have them, then we cannot import goods. The current foreign exchange cover in the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is very encouraging. The facts on education are just as they have been enumerated here. On the health sector, a lot has been said about Taifa Care and SHA. The ideas and plans are very good. What we are seeing at the moment is just implementation challenges which, if we are focussed, can be managed. I challenge the Cabinet Secretary and all stakeholders to look into that."
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"content": " Very well. Hon. Daniel Karitho. Is he in the House? Proceed."
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"speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice to the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President. First, I wish to commend and support the President on this Speech. He came out strongly and articulated the issues affecting this country openly. He also faced the challenges head-on and enumerated how we will tackle them. I encourage leaders, especially us, the politicians, to avoid politicking matters development. There is no country that can develop unless it grows economically and strengthens its economic base. This is one area where the President has worked very well, especially on food programmes. A country that cannot sustain its own food stability cannot develop. That is why we support the President’s policy to subsidise production. That policy has succeeded because for the first time, we have enough food for our people and even surplus for export. This means that our economy base will be stronger. We have already realised this whereby the shilling has appreciated against the Dollar from Ksh168 to Ksh129. On the dairy sector, the President said that there is an allocation of Ksh3 billion to the New Kenya Cooperative Creameries Limited (KCC). I challenge the New KCC to make sure that these funds are well utilised and to remember our factories, for example, the Kangeta Dairy Factory, which only lacks sealing machines. This will ensure that farmers from all those areas, even from my home area of Igembe Central, can benefit from the funds. They should sell the milk directly to the factory instead of being handled by brokers. A country that is not healthy is not a wealthy one. The introduction of the Taifa Care and SHA to replace the ailing NHIF is a positive move to make sure that this country grows health wise. I challenge the institutions involved in the implementation of these policies to do them to the letter. I am happy the Government has taken a step to make sure that it is introduced to the grassroots and to educate our people on the importance of registering on Taifa Care so that they can benefit. We have huge challenges especially on raising funds for assisting our people to undergo treatment. Having an agency that can take care of these bills is a welcome"
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"content": "move. We should all support it, educate our people and encourage them to register en masse so that they can benefit from this scheme. On affordable housing, the arable land in this country is small and if we build houses all over the country, we may end up using all of it on houses. We should build houses for our people so that even in rural areas, we will have enough land for farming. This will ensure that the homeless people will also have some place to call home. On security matters, I congratulate the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) because in Igembe Central, we had security issues last year whereby one gentleman, Mr Kimathi, was killed, but by last week, all the killers had been arrested. I sought for a statement in this House and a response was given."
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"content": " Very many Members are on the queue. You have done your bit. Is Hon. Abdikadir Mohamed in the House? If he is not present, then we listen to Hon. John Makali. Hon. Abdikadir is in. Proceed. Hon. Makali, you will follow thereafter and then Hon. Memusi."
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