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    "id": 1132770,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatundu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Wanjiku Kibeh",
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        "legal_name": "Annie Wanjiku Kibeh",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for granting me this opportunity to also go on record and congratulate His Excellency the President for a very good State of the Nation Address. If you allow me, from the village where I come from, we have a famous saying which states, “A human being will always count what has not been given but rarely what has been given.” Listening to my friend and agemate, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, I feel like he has chosen not to count what has been given but what has not been given. Just to highlight a few things without being repetitive, I am very happy that I woke up on that election day and put my vote where it mattered. The President has proved that he is a man who loves this country. He does not only love this country but Africa too. He is a Pan- Africanist and he has put this country in the global map. If we look at the kind of developments that are going on, from where we are coming, it is important to note the transformation that has been going on. We should look at where we are coming from, where we are and where we are going. I think the President took over from the Third President, Hon. Mwai Kibaki. We know how the country was at that time. I think he came in with a vision to build on what had been done and that is the reason we have been able to see a lot of developments going on. However much you may hate or love someone, it is good to give credit where it is due. I want to highlight the issue of agriculture because I come from an agricultural constituency. I think I have been very involved in the kind of transformation that is happening in the tea and coffee sectors. I have always tried to participate where I can. I have even tried to bring farmers to benefit from the Coffee Cherry Fund. I think it is very exciting and the farmers are very excited. So, it is not fair for someone to come here and say that the President did not know what he was talking about. We are witnesses. We have witnessed what has been happening. There are a lot of things that are happening. It is transformation. From my end, I will give the President an A- for the job that he has done. This is not to say that we cannot do more. I give him that A- bearing in mind that there have been major challenges. It is also good to note that he is the first President to implement the new Constitution. This has had challenges. We have had the issues of Covid-19, which has been a challenging in this country but our economy is still strong and Kenya is now in the global scene."
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