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"speaker_name": "Kitui East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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"content": "Kenyans elected President William Ruto. We all know him. We heard him speaking to the country here the other day. From the afternoon, we have listened to the Hon. Members who are elected by the people to this House. Speaker after speaker has positively commended what the President has done. We have a nation. Truthfully – and not the truth of the truthful man - there is a narrative by the media and activists out there. They have created another Ruto that they want to scare Kenyans with. Ruto was here, speaking to the nation. This is Parliament. We have listened to Members who are elected by the people of Kenya. They are happy with what the President has presented before the country. For example, Kenya is a working nation. The President has elaborated his plans of creating a working environment for Kenyans, especially the youth, to create wealth without looking for employment. Young men, by using the internet and a laptop, can make money instead of going round with CVs looking for jobs. What else would we expect from a President if that is not good enough? Talking of the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), we know that no country can raise enough money to sustain itself. Even the great economy of America borrows from China. They have a loan from the Chinese. If we borrowed to some point and we still needed more money to grow our economy, we still have to turn to PPPs. There is an ideology which came into my mind when the President was talking about PPPs. Let us take an example of a fresh graduate of medicine from a university. That young man may not be interested in employment, but creating his business. Through PPPs and the Government coming in as a guarantor, the young man can get medical equipment and space to open his or her hospital facility. He or she can apply what they learnt in school and employ others instead of going around looking for jobs. He can become an employer through PPPs. Our people need to understand this new term. People out there, especially media owners, have editorial policies of shaping a wrong Ruto to Kenyans and yet, we know the right Ruto understands where he is taking this nation. I urge leaders that it is high time we listened to the President because we are representing the people. Let us get out there. The media is not louder than us and cannot get to the villages better than us. Let us get there and talk to our people about Taifa Care and that the Social Health Authority (SHA) is working. My cousin had a bill of Ksh50,000. It was cleared through SHA. What else would we expect? I can see that my time is about to lapse. Allow me to say something about democracy. His Excellency President William Ruto has put the democracy of our country on another level. This country can never turn back to dictatorship. We have seen the President ceding ground on some issues that Kenyans have complained about. The President dropped a whole Finance Bill just because he listened to Kenyans. He also dropped the Adani deals because Kenyans had issues with them. Add me one minute, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Half a minute."
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"speaker_name": "Kitui East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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"content": " Thank you. We have heads of states who have literally contempt of court. The court says one thing and a president goes against it. However, our President listens to the people and changes his mind to follow what the people are saying. Imagine a President who gives some offering to a church and the priests says they do not want it and that it should be taken back. Being democratic enough, the President accepts it should be brought back and that he will look for another way of getting his offering to God, if a priest does not want it. I want us to laud the President and push the democracy of our country to another level where Kenya will never deteriorate back to dictatorship. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Siyoi."
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"speaker_name": "Trans Nzoia County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Lillian Siyoi",
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"content": " Thank you for giving me the chance to support and applaud the President for the good work that he has done and for his Speech last"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Lillian Siyoi",
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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": "Trans Nzoia County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Lillian Siyoi",
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"content": "week. I really appreciate our President because he has realised that basic needs in this country have to be taken care of. That is why he touched on each and every sector: Food, health, shelter and education. I will start with the food sector. I come from Trans Nzoia County which largely depend on agriculture. It is prudent to note that maize and unga were very expensive when we came in, in 2022 . The President had promised to lower the cost of unga . I am proud and happy to announce - as the President said last week - that the cost of unga has gone down. This was done through a subsidy on fertiliser. We thought it is important to subsidise fertiliser, ensure that we reduce the cost of production, instead of reducing the cost of consumption. By doing so, we are enjoying enough food in this country at the moment. That is why we have too much noise since the people are full. People are okay at the moment. The only thing that we are still working on is to ensure that they are busy. When the people are idle, most of the time, the noise goes up. The President is also working to ensure that Kenyans get jobs. To start with, when the Government came in, the employment of teachers was a problem. For the longest period, this is the first time that teachers have been employed in large numbers. I request the President to continue employing more teachers. We have trained teachers who are almost attaining the retirement age without being employed. If we do that, we would have helped them and also encouraged other teachers to join the education sector. I want to speak about Social Health Authority (SHA) that is very important in this country. The President thought of elevating the common wananchi, the people at the bottom, to ensure that they get equal treatment like the employed people. The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) was charging Ksh500 but, at the moment, the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) charges Ksh300. In a scenario where somebody is too poor to afford the Ksh300, the Government is willing and ready to pay for them. I applaud the President because this is a very important initiative that will ensure Kenyans get health services. As Members of Parliament, we are going to be relieved. Most of the time, we are called upon to attend harambees to help our people to pay for treatment. I think this will come to an end if SHA is going to start working promptly. On our currency, when we came in, the Kenyan Shilling had no value. But, at the moment, it is very strong. That contributes much to the business people who are importing goods. Our shilling has now gained value. I want to appreciate and applaud the President for that. We do not take it for granted. I also want to talk about the airport expansion. I have seen people applaud the President for listening to the people. But, in as much as he has done so, I want to believe it is because of the Adani’s dealings on corruption. We saw the other day on television that he had engaged in corrupt businesses in the US. But we still want to lease out our airport to an investor who can expand our airport. By doing that, we will create more job opportunities for our youth. Because this…"
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"content": " Give her half a minute just to conclude."
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"speaker_name": "Trans Nzoia County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Lilian Siyoi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Our airport at the moment, is too small to accommodate, expand or create more job opportunities for Kenyans. If we are able to expand it, I am so sure that we will create job opportunities for our youth. We will have more people in the job market and businesses connecting from Kenya to other countries. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Hon. Mishi Mboko, followed by Hon. Ruweida and then Hon. Naomi Waqo."
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