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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make my contribution to the very detailed Presidential Address given two days ago. I commend H.E. the President for the excellent Address that he gave on the State of the nation. He gave a detailed brief on what his Government has done yearly in the past eight years. From the various statics given in various areas of economic development, one can see that the achievement has been great. It has been great to the extent that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has multiplied by a factor of two plus from Kshs4.74 to Kshs11 trillion. This is to the extent where we are now the sixth wealthiest nation in Africa. We were position 12 before the President took over. That is really an achievement to the extent where we are the leading country in Africa, with household connections to electricity. In fact, that has tripled to 6.3 million households. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President outlined various interventions done by his Government. In fact, well over about 17 major interventions have been done in various areas, including agriculture. I noticed that the intervention in coffee and tea was focused on the reform of this industry. Tea farmers now expect to get record money from their production. In the sugar industry, there have not been so many reforms, but basically, the money given was for factory maintenance and payment of farmers. I hope that the Uhuru The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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