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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this moment to comment on the President’s Speech. I thank the President. Yesterday, he divided his Speech into three main themes: economic, social and political. The President spoke of his achievements. As I stand here, out of those gains, I am one of the happiest people. After the Nairobi Expressway from Mlolongo is completed, he said it will take about 22 minutes to be in this town. That is a tick. Secondly, the President was categorical about the road network, and water and electricity connectivity. He highlighted all the areas in which Kenyans have benefitted. In fact, if you listened to the President, he spoke of two tabs. The first was Government, the second was him. If you listened to the President, he has, on his own, achieved more than what the Government did since 2013. Therefore, economically, I think the President was to the point and rightfully so. On the social limb, the President spoke of the Kazi Mtaani Initiative. I want to say here that I have witnessed it. Mavoko Constituency alone had 4,500 young men and women benefitting from the Kazi Mtaani Initiative. That not only mitigated the Covid-19 hard time but also made our youth busy. Thirdly, when the President spoke about politics, I listened to him very carefully. By him offering to go for a handshake, it was a way of bringing sanity in this country. I hear people say that he went to see Raila for his own sake or benefit. I categorically disagree with that. From March 2018, some sanity returned to this country and business resumed. He even highlighted how much we lost in terms of man-hours and lost opportunities. After the handshake, every person in the globe knows that Kenya took off. I commend him for that. The handshake was not only between him and Raila Amollo Odinga. My own party leader of the Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM- K), Kalonzo Musyoka, joined in. I am one of the beneficiaries of that handshake. As I stand here, I am the substantive Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism. It is because of that understanding. It brought harmony and understanding among all parties in this House. There are people who were even appointed Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries out of the handshake. The President spoke about the BBI. I still support the BBI because we have lost opportunities, particularly Mavoko Constituency which has more than 500,000 people. We were going to benefit from the BBI in that we were going to get two constituencies in one and more than 10 wards from that BBI arrangement. I am still of the opinion that we should revive the BBI because it is going to bring more money to devolution and more administrative units. I invite my 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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