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"content": "Let us have Hon. Samuel Atandi. Hon. Malulu Injendi, disengage from the screen. Hon. Injendi, log out. You have just spoken and you are still on top of the screen. Is it you or the Clerks-at-the-Table to do it?"
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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make my submissions on the State of the Nation Address by the Head of State. I agree with the President on some areas but disagree with him on certain areas. I agree with the President on the performance of the economy. Indeed, we have seen the shilling strengthening against major currencies. As a consequence, the cost of imported goods has dropped. We now have cheaper petroleum products and a stable economy. The President has done well on that account. On the police and disappearance of Kenyans, this House needs to investigate why we do not have an independent police commission. The Constitution says that police service is independent. It should not be under the direction of anybody, not even the President. However, Kenyans have in most cases had to look up to the President when cases of citizen disappearances arise. In my opinion, that is a failure on our part as Members of Parliament and the House. It is time we understood that and told the police that they are independent. They need to investigate these cases of abductions on their own and give us reports. This will ensure that we have a stable and secure country. I disagree with the President on the cancellation of one of the Adani contracts. Hon. Speaker, you were in my constituency over the weekend. You saw for yourself that we do not have stable electricity in my region. Electricity transmission lines are dead. Now that the Adani Solutions Energy Limited was set to fix this problem, Kenyans are raising questions about some of these projects. There was no need for the President to cancel them, especially the one on electricity transmission lines. The damage we suffer as people from the lake is enormous. Our youth cannot engage in activities like welding because there is no power. I really disagree with the President on that one. I would like to tell Kenyans that the former President, Uhuru Kenyatta, constructed the expressway singlehandedly. He never did any tender anywhere. Some people complained about it and some even went to court. However, Kenyans today are happy about the expressway. Everybody is using it. They are not even questioning how it was done. We need to go ahead and do some of these projects because they cannot wait any longer. The amount of losses we, as a people from the Nyanza region, incur because of weak supply of electricity is something which we cannot tolerate further. Sometimes the President needs to be courageous especially on that Adani contract on power transmission lines. I fault the President for cancelling that contract. It should have been allowed to go on because we need those services to serve our people. I have spoken about abductions."
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"content": "[The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]"
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"content": "[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) took the Chair]"
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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also wish to speak on SHA. This health insurance cover is working and I can give my own experience. I enrolled somebody into the programme just two weeks ago. They were admitted in a private hospital. I was given a bill of about Ksh300,000. I was told to only pay half and that SHA would pay the rest. I was amazed. I got these services within less than a week. I urge Kenyans, especially my constituents, that enrolling into this programme is the first thing we need to do. Once enrolled, you become a member who can get these services. Most Kenyans are complaining about SHA yet they are not even registered."
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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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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I thank you for the opportunity."
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"content": "The Member for Tinderet, Hon. Melly."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak on the State of the Nation address by His Excellency the President. This is a constitutional requirement the Constitution of Kenya 2010 requires of every President. On 21st of this month, the President came to the House and reported on three areas. One was the progress we have made on realising our national values. Two was the principles of governance. Three, the progress made in fulfilling our international obligations. The address by the President was very timely. It went on to explain how this country has made tremendous progress, especially on matters of national development. I would specifically like to talk about what is going on in this republic. One of the issues that came out very clearly is agriculture and satisfactory food production. I come from a region where we grow sugarcane, tea and coffee. It is the first time this country has had sufficient sugar production. This time the President has addressed issues facing sugarcane farmers through his policies. More importantly are production and fertiliser. The sugar mills are also now running across the country, especially public mills. One of the only things we need to do is pay workers’ arrears. I talk especially on behalf of the farmers in Chemelil and Muhoroni where there are high farmers' arrears. I also speak for the remaining few farmers who have not been paid their arrears, especially for cane deliveries. Universal health coverage is the other issue that touched us, especially SHA and SHIF. This will revolutionise healthcare. A nation's people carry out their activities well when properly treated and receive necessary medical care. We will manage to pay medical bills for the chronically ill and those with high medical bills through SHA. It will also stop these Members of Parliament from attending medical fundraisers or even being asked to pay for inpatients, especially in private facilities. I also laud the President especially for cancelling the Adani deal which the public had raised a number of issues. The deal might have been good. However, it was not procured clearly. Public participation was not clear. On this, the President listened to the public. He went on to explain that he listened to the people of Kenya as much as there might have been no serious issues on the Adani deals. Kenyans did not want them. In his address, the President showed that he is a listening leader. We should emulate him. Education is the other issue the President talked about. For the first time in this country, the education sector got a boost of 56,000 teachers. We had a shortage of 116,000 teachers. This administration employed 56,000 teachers at a go which is a remarkable achievement. We laud the Government for that."
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