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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I acknowledge the Member who has just spoken, Hon. Pareyio. It is called Taifa Care. It got a new name for ease of reference. In a very special way, I commend the President for the speech that he made in this House last week, as enshrined in the Constitution. I appreciate Kenyans because of their ability to bounce back. Over the weekend, I learned a new term called bouncebackability – the ability to bounce back from a crisis, failure and pain. We have gone through difficult times but from the President's Address, we got a new lease of hope as to where we are going. The President tried to address issues that had not been addressed by his predecessors, especially Article 43 of the Constitution on economic and social rights. Many Presidents have attempted to achieve UHC but they have not made it. When they got difficulties in implementation, they abandoned the course. The President has been very consistent on this initiative, leading to the introduction of Taifa Care that seeks to solve the many problems that we have in this country as far as medical bills are concerned. Even as we talk about paying bills, there is another issue that this House should address in terms of healthcare. We should ask ourselves whether people are getting medical care that is commensurate to the bills being paid. The President also attempted to answer the question of adequacy of housing as enshrined in Article 43 of the Constitution. The former regime tried but it faced some difficulties and abandoned the course. It was actually one of the Big 4 Agenda of the previous regime. The President has attempted to implement the programme despite the noise we witnessed during the anti-Finance Bill of 2024 protests. We are now at some place. I congratulate the President for taking the bull by its horns, so to speak. The other issue under the same Article 43 is food security. Many leaders have attempted but have not got it right. Giving subsidies to consumption will never solve any problem. Once we start subsidising inputs for agricultural production, we will, in a big way, solve some of the problems we have been facing in terms of hunger and importation of food that has had a toll"
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"content": "on foreign exchange, causing our shilling to weaken against all major currencies. Today, we witness a strengthening of our shilling not because there are any miracles performed but because we subsidised food production to ease importation. The demand curve is now in favour of the shilling because we are not importing as much. The demand for foreign currency has gone down. If any government gets it right on education, food security and health, then that is a progressive government. Last year, we were uncertain as to what we would do with the Grade 9 students. Today that issue has been addressed. Parents and ourselves are now resting easy. As leaders, we are also parents. We are sure of the transition to Grade 9 and what is going to happen in the future. We have classrooms and some are still under construction. In my constituency, I can attest to that fact. Milk production has increased to about 220,000 litres per annum. The level is still low compared to production in other countries. I compare our country with a country like Qatar, which is a desert. In a single farm with 25,000 livestock, Qatar is able to produce 400,000 litres of milk in a day. As a country, we have a long way to go even as we sustain production and give this guaranteed minimum return on milk."
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"content": " You have one minute, Member for Kinangop."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your magnanimity. If we can maintain the guaranteed minimum return on milk so that our farmers sell their produce at Ksh50 per litre, we will be empowering the people we have been talking about— mama mboga and the farmers of Kinangop, Nyandarua and across the country—by making sure that they get adequate return from their labour. I thank the President and tell him to soldier on because there are better days ahead of us. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Next is Hon. Mary Emaase, who will be followed by Hon. Ng’elechei."
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"speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I join my colleagues in commending the President on his State of the Nation Address. It was a very powerful speech. He demonstrated to Kenyans that he listens. He disappointed the naysayers who keep on saying that he does not listen. A case in point is the termination of the Adani contracts. The president’s pronouncement to cancel Adani’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) deals demonstrates that he, indeed, listens. His decision to cancel those two deals was taken very well by Kenyans because it was a good thing. Secondly, I will dwell on SHIF or Taifa Care. The President clarified a number of enigmatic issues, SHIF being one of them. He did so in a very simple manner but comprehensive way. I believe he did even better than the technocrats in the sector. Many Kenyans understood Taifa Care from the President's explanation. We want Kenyans to register with Taifa Care and benefit from it because it is intended to benefit the most vulnerable in society, unlike the defunct NHIF that benefited only the working class who could afford to pay for its services. Taifa Care targets the lowest class of our society, which comprises the most vulnerable people in the country. The President said that once you register, you begin to receive services and benefits. You do not have to wait like in the case of NHIF, where you would have to wait for six months before you start benefiting. There is no waiting period with SHIF. Secondly, Taifa Care provides more comprehensive coverage. It provides for surgeries. I testify that I tried it. I had a case in my constituency. I registered a patient and, immediately, took him to hospital. He was admitted and underwent surgery. He had a broken arm. The SHIF"
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"content": "took care of the bills. What we paid was negligible. I appeal to Hon. Members to have tents set up for SHIF registration at all their events. Let us have SHIF registration taking place at our constituency offices so that our constituents can register and benefit from SHIF because this Fund will help them. I also commend the President on the achievements he enumerated within the education sector. I do not want to overemphasize on employment of teachers because colleagues have already talked about it. Through the new university funding model, we keep saying that there should be value for money. I have noticed that I had been giving bursaries to students who did not complete even a semester in campus. They either dropped out or deferred their studies to look for hustles to be able to continue. However, under the new university funding model, the Government pays 90 per cent of the school fees for the most vulnerable students in the society. Therefore, there is guaranteed completion and value for money. The little balances that remain unpaid can be cleared by the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG- CDF). The Kenya Kwanza Administration has established the Open University of Kenya. You can now study and get your university degree in the comfort of your house. There is a lot on food security. The President decided to subsidize production as opposed to consumption. I want to disagree with my colleague, Hon. Makali, who said that the cost of living has come down because people do not have the purchasing power. No! It is because we have increased production. The Government provided subsidized fertilisers. In every homestead, you will now find food. That is what has brought down the cost of living, and more the cost of foodstuffs. I commend the President and urge him to continue implementing the Kenya Kwanza agenda for Kenyans to have a sustainable future."
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"content": " Alright, sit down. Let us hear Hon. Ng’elechei. She will be followed by the Member for Sotik and, thereafter, the Member for Webuye East will take the Floor."
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