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"speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
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"content": "realisation so that the people can stop murmuring. What I have told my people is that as many of them as possible should register because there is no reverse gear. It has to be either Taifa Care or you are nowhere. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the additional minutes."
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"content": " Hon. Mulanya of Nambale, followed by Hon. Manduku, and then Hon. Nimrod Mbai. Proceed in that order."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to debate the President's Speech. Having listened to the President on the day he gave the Speech in this House, I was a very happy person because it was a very progressive one. It will help to move our nation forward. At the moment, we are faced with very many challenges. Kenyans are crying out and need the House to come to their aid and address many issues. The President has given us food for thought on what we are supposed to do. Personally, I have four take-homes from the Speech. First, on food security, the people of Nambale, whom I represent, were among the beneficiaries of the President's programme on subsidised fertiliser. Initially, our people used to buy fertiliser at a cost of between Ksh6,000 and Ksh7,000. Additionally, the main depot was 70 kilometres away. I personally took the initiative to move it closer to the people by creating a mini-depot through my NG-CDF office. I urge the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to support the President on that particular initiative by ensuring that we have many collection centres, even at the ward level, because we are talking about farmers. Affording even the Ksh2,500 is a tall order for many Kenyans, and that amount does not even include transport. So, if we centralise the collection centres at the ward level, we will have many beneficiaries. Many Kenyans will access the fertiliser. Further, we will ensure that there will be no hunger in the country, as was experienced in the year 2022/2023. Further, I also noted the comment by the President on sugar-cane. Coming from the sugar-cane belt, I am a happy person that the President put ink to the Sugar Bill, 2022, which is now the Sugar Act, 2024. That Act will help control the production and sale of the sugar- cane in this country. The President was also very progressive by encouraging Kenyans that, instead of being a sugar-importing nation, we should be a sugar-exporting nation. By doing so, production will increase, and we will have many factories, thus creating many jobs and even improving our GDP by exporting sugar. That is extremely progressive. We should not encourage sugar barons to bring and dump sugar in our country. That will discourage our farmers, thus leading to low output from the farm. Still on sugar-cane production, I urge the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to ensure that, as we enforce the Sugar Act, 2024, we also control the price per tonnage for the farmers. This will ensure that a farmer does not go home empty-handed after toiling for 18 months to produce sugar-cane and support the nation’s economy. The other issue was on corruption. The President again gave us a take-home, where he challenged the House on the issue of election petitions being concluded within six months and yet, corruption cases take 10 years. If we reflect on the era when the period within which election petitions were concluded was not controlled, we note that a Member would serve a whole term while the petitioner was still struggling in the corridors of justice. So, that timeframe has helped reduce election malpractices. Equally, reducing the period within which to litigate on corruption cases will help our nation by discouraging people from engaging in that vice. Lastly, on the issue of Universal Health Care, there is a positive in that the President is encouraging Kenyans to embrace that particular mode of financing the health system in this country. The President's wish is to have all Kenyans access free health care in this country. We note that under Taifa Care, when you register today, you get the services immediately. Compare"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Mulanya",
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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": "that to NHIF, where, when you register, there is a grace period of six months before you can get the services. We say this is a plus, and I encourage people to register."
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"content": " Hon. Manduku,followed by Hon. Siyoi."
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"speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Having had the advantage of listening to and reading the President’s Speech, from where I sit, I can confirm that it was factual, persuasive and touched the pulse of the nation. In fact, by his own admission, and as captured in paragraph seven, the President, for once, listened to the people. It was not just in the delivery of the speech, but also in the style it was written, the context and the content therein. Having said that, and after reading his Speech again and again, I can see that the President’s vision is for Kenya to be on the right trajectory. Let me highlight some of the areas where the President could have improved on. On the issue of Taifa Care, most people may want to understand that, that model is largely borrowed from the United Kingdom's health service model - the National Health Service (NHS). However, the concern of most Kenyans, especially those I represent from Nyaribari Masaba, is on the coverage, access, affordability, quality of the health care, transition from NHIF to SHA, sustainability of the system, and, more importantly, how inclusive it will be. On the issue of the economy, which the President aptly captured, people are still concerned about the cost of living, job creation and debt management. This House resolved, through the debt management strategies, that we should have a mix of 30 per cent and 70 per cent domestic and international borrowing, respectively. The National Treasury has not yet achieved those numbers. We still have to talk about economic growth and financial inclusion, especially with regard to the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). I laud the President for talking about femicide and acting on the issue. From where I sit, I condemn that vice. I urge the House to make a legal framework as soon as possible so that we can support the initiatives that the President has so well elaborated. I also urge the civil society to come on board and sensitise Kenyans on the dangers and vices that come with femicide. Education touches our people so much. We still have a few challenges with the transition to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). People want to hear and have an assurance that there shall be 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary schools and eventually to the university level. Thereafter, they will transition to the job market. Our people also want to be assured of quality and equity and that we shall always engage the stakeholders in any decisions that we make in as far as education is concerned. The President did not mention anything to do with the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). We know that, that matter is in court. Having had the chance, we think he should have shown that he is an interested party in making sure that we have the body reconstituted as soon as possible. He also did not mention where all his vision lies or aligns with the Vision 2030 that we know is an economic blueprint that this country has so well adopted. On housing, I urge those who are involved to fast-track the agenda and make sure that we build many houses as soon as possible so that they can have the economic stimulus that they are supposed to inject into the economy. On a wholesome, I thank the President for listening to Kenyans for once. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Nimrod followed by Hon. Siyoi."
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"speaker_name": "Kitui East, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you for giving me the opportunity to add my voice and that of the people of Kitui East regarding the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President. I have a few issues to mention."
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