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"speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
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"content": "know from 2017. We have placed 12,000 graduates on internship program and my own son is a product of this program. Immediately they finish, they are either attached, taken or absorbed by Government ministries. This is one of the things the youth are appreciating. Not only are they going to school, but there is a youth program properly crafted by the Jubilee Government led by none other than Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. They are not only working during that internship, but they also get a stipend of Ksh25,000. So, they are able to take care of their welfare and that is why this program must be appreciated. Hon. Speaker, why should we not appreciate such deeds and stop talking about the debt we have. I have just come from a trip and I do not know any country in this world where Members do not go for trips. Members complaining about the debt have been saying we need to allocate more money for security and roads. Where will we get money when we have COVID-19 ravaging our economy? Yet, we want roads, water and schools! We are quick to criticise the President who is leading the Government for accumulating debt. Anyway, this is not his debt because by the time he came in, we also had debts. Let us say it as it is. On Monday, the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, presided over a passing out parade where recruits graduated. We now have 5,000 police officers who will give us security during next year’s general elections. It is not that he does not want to go home. He said: “My time will be up in August, but I want peace for the people who will be going for elections and that is why I am putting this in place.” I am sure the people heard him reveal that he is taking care of the welfare of police officers in terms of remuneration, benefits, insurance and so on. So, they are motivated. Hon Speaker, he has also done hospitals. In fact, the other day, my Committee went to Kanyonyo Hospital. I want to thank him because after we petitioned, we got Kshs240 million for the completion of that hospital. The police officers guarding our boundaries or borders have always suffered casualties. All the time they are taken to public hospitals where, probably, they do not get important attention required because of the specialised nature of their work. If you go to Kanyonyo, the hospital is there for everybody to see. Not only that! On Monday, he did a ground-breaking ceremony for another referral hospital in Mbagathi. This is the President they are saying is not working. I know he is working, especially after the handshake happened. Truth be told, before the President got together with the Deputy President, there was a lot of acrimony between the two communities. But he reached out. Some of us were wondering why. I can remember in 2010 during the Constitution referendum, I was in the NO side together with the Deputy President. I learnt something I did not know, when he reached out to him. He said we must forget what had happened and soldier on. He went against our own thinking and brought him on board so there could be peace. That is why I am asking: When he shook hands with the Right Hon. Raila Odinga, who is a Kenyan, why are some sections calling him mganga? Who is a"
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