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    "id": 1132672,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laisamis, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marselino Arbelle",
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the President’s State of the Nation Address. Having listened keenly to the Speech by the President of the Republic of Kenya, I noted that he was confident, eloquent and relaxed. He won our confidence and the confidence of Kenyans at large that he is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. I would like to congratulate our President for having addressed this Parliament and Kenyans at large. He touched on various aspects, namely, the double-digit growth of our economy that everybody is seeing, and the road networks like the underpasses and bypasses. On the road networks, we have seen tarmac roads deep in the rural areas. Kenyans at large thank the President and his administration for achieving all these. The President addressed the issue of health. He said that we only have a handful of level 4 and level 5 hospitals in the country. After the introduction of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), citizens in the informal sector in Kibera, Mukuru kwa Reuben and Mukuru kwa Njenga appreciate being called Kenyans. He mentioned that he visited one area and found only one clinic serving mothers who had gone there for delivery. A mother would only spend time there until she delivered. Immediately after she delivered, she would be discharged to go home so that another mother could occupy that bed. The President will leave behind a legacy from all these good things that his administration has done. However, people say that the former President, His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, did a wonderful job. Many Kenyans pray that he comes back. In fact, if we are to rate presidents who took office, Uhuru Kenyatta has done more than Mwai Kibaki. Having listened to his Speech, the livestock industry was not sufficiently addressed, bearing in mind the ravaging drought affecting the pastoralist-dominated areas. We have not been receiving rains and when we do, they are light. Also, when we have rains, there are consequences. For example, our livestock die in numbers. So, I want to appeal to our President and his Government to put measures in place, so that the affected families can be compensated in one way or another. The menace of cattle rustling and tribal conflicts in Marsabit have also not been addressed sufficiently. With those few remarks, I congratulate the President and pray for him to live long. I pray that as we transition to the next Government, we get a leader like Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta as our President."
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