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    "id": 1003088,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I want to comment on the ongoing discussion. We go through a lot of frustration when we are dealing with Questions that are not fully answered and when we are unable to effectively get the concerned cabinet secretaries. It takes a lot of time to find solutions. In the Budget Statement of this year, an initiative K azi Mtaani was introduced. We need a policy statement on how that is going to be conducted. Citizens are inquiring on the same. The Chairman of the Committee did not give details on that. On persons living with disabilities and older persons, our constituents ask us when those removed from the schedule are going to be paid. A substitution was done and persons who were already registered were removed and younger people were put in the schedule. This is a serious issue that the House must address. They even ask us who is more likely to die earlier between a 70-year-old or an 88-year-old person. We must clear the backlog from the oldest to the youngest. Hon. Speaker, when it comes to updating data, we always go back to research. Why do we research when we already have so much data? Last year, we conducted a population census that captured the situation of every person. Do we have analysts in this country? Why do we spend money to ask chiefs and assistant chiefs to ask people whether they are poor when they have already stated it? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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