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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me, with all humility, to first of all, congratulate His Excellency the President for the Speech that he gave us: the State of the Nation that was touching on various sectors. It was an all-round summary of what he has been able to do from 2013 to date. Specifically, it enumerated what his Government has continued to achieve and intends to achieve even before he finishes his term next year. I will speak on the issues of security but, most importantly, let me start by saying that I am lucky to have seen all the four Presidents since Independence. In my youth, I saw the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who died peacefully in his sleep. I also saw and experienced the leadership of the late Hon. Daniel T. Arap Moi. I was here in this Parliament when His Excellency Mwai Kibaki was here and even now, I am here when our dear President Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta is the President. One thing I have realised, and I do not know whether it is our nature, is that other than the late President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta who died in his sleep while in office, for the rest, except President Uhuru, that is, Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, and Mwai Kibaki, people were always complaining. In fact, I remember during the inauguration of His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, people threw mud at the late President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi only for them to claim a few months later that during his time, he had really worked hard. Sometimes, it is good to appreciate what has been done. Also, I was in the 10th Parliament when a Member stood and said that His Excellency President Kibaki was to be described as ‘General Kiguoya’, whatever that meant. Today, when I go across most parts of this country, I find people cherishing the times and deeds of His Excellency Mwai Kibaki. Hon. Speaker, I want to borrow from what I have seen in those two instances. When I hear people throwing stones and talking of how the current President has not performed, I measure that against his own speech which was factual. For starters, when the President said that he has done a dual carriageway from Machakos to Rironi in Limuru, that is a fact and not hearsay. Currently, when I go to Limuru, I use that dual carriageway. Before it came, one acre of land was going at Kshs10 million but, as we speak now, it is going for Kshs40 million. I heard some Members asking why he was talking about tarmac. Will we be cooking tarmac for our children? I want to give them some insight. If you have property, please, sell it because the prices have gone up. Sell a small piece of land if you do not need tarmac and you will get money to buy food. Just like the previous speaker has said, let us appreciate what the President has done."
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