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    "id": 1129861,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this golden opportunity to make my contribution on the Eighth State of the nation Address by the President. From the onset of the Address by the President, the expectations of Kenyans were so high. I want to appreciate that in the very beginning, the President mentioned that Kenya is greater than everyone of us. If this one is put in practice, everyone in this country will be able to realize the importance of being a citizen in this nation. I also appreciate the way the President in a nostalgic way narrated from the time he was a nominated Member of Parliament in the National Assembly, the moment he was elected to become a Member of Parliament, the time he was the Minister for Finance, the Deputy Prime Minister and currently the President of this great nation. He also had something to say about the COVID-19 pandemic. He mentioned the struggles that all of us went through in this country during that particular moment when the nation was suffering so much because of the pandemic. Madam Deputy Speaker, I also expected the President of the Republic to assure Kenyans on the measures that are been taken to bring to book the COVID-19 billionaires. However, the President mentioned the milestones that we have gone through in an attempt to manage the COVID-19 pandemic up to and including the company in the Coast that is rapidly manufacturing the COVID- 19 vaccines. We really appreciate that the company is one of the greatest and one of its own kind in Africa. However, what Kenyans were also expecting to hear is the steps that are being taken to bring to book and punish the COVID-19 billionaires who instead of taking steps to help Kenyans come out of the pandemic, took advantage of the suffering of Kenyans and made themselves billionaires. I would have been happier if the President had mentioned the rapid measures that he has taken to make sure that the COVID-19 billionaires are also punished. By punishing the COVID-19 billionaires, it would reduce and set an example to those people who always take advantage of such situations to enrich themselves. I appreciate the fact that the President mentioned the eight-point programme that was to benefit most of the needy Kenyans, more so the youth. He mentioned that 750,000 youths have benefited from that particular programme. However, Kenyans are wondering loudly that a figure of 750,000 people in this country is a drop in the Pacific Ocean. 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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