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    "id": 1132762,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. The State of the Nation Address by the President yesterday was both underwhelming and disappointing because we came here with great expectations. We thought he would say something around agriculture and farmers. As you know, agriculture forms the backbone of our economy but issues of farmers were relegated to “ et cetera” and “any other business.” First, the President was not factual to insinuate to this House that tea farmers are having their best year in a decade or so. In fact, tea farmers are crying out there because the kind of price they faced this year is disappointing. It is actually lower than in many of years back. Additionally, I expected the President to begin his Speech from where he stopped in his previous Speech, where he talked about creating the Cherry Fund for Coffee farmers. Unfortunately, the Cherry Fund is just on paper and in the files of Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya. In so far as farmers are concerned, there is no such money that has reached their pockets to be able to spur their farming and especially in terms of coffee farming. In addition, there was a contradiction of facts because in some ways, you could feel like you were in some Netflix video in this House. This is because the reality that was portrayed by the State of the Nation Address yesterday is very different from the reality out there. The President talked about fertilizer prices having gone down but the reality is different. Anybody is free to do a spot check. Fertilizer prices are actually highest in history. Therefore, it was not right for the President to give us wrong figures when majority of the people we represent here, especially farmers, are waiting for real solutions from this House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Speech was also disappointing because I heard the President say that he took over the economy when it was around Kshs4.7 trillion and that it currently stands at around Kshs11 trillion. Using the same Government data that is given in this House every year; in 2013, our economy grew by just about 5.8 per cent. In 2014, it grew by about 5.3 per cent. On average, so that I do not tire this House with many figures, the economy of Kenya has grown compounded by an average of 5 per cent every year from 2013. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, these are not miracles or rocket science. Any Kenyan can take their calculator and compound 4.7 by 5 per cent in the last eight years and what you will The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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