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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomachoge Borabu, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Zadoc Ogutu",
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        "legal_name": "Zadoc Abel Ogutu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to make my observations on the Speech presented to this House yesterday. I want to start by saying that the Address was passionate. I could read from the President’s face that it carried exactly what he had in his heart. To reflect the kind of items covered in the Speech and channel them within that time limit, to me, was very impressive. The Speech covered exactly what I have witnessed in my constituency, but there could be areas that need to be rectified. A new road is being constructed in my constituency for the first time since Independence. So, I am in the cluster of those who have benefited during the tenure of His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta. However, that road has not been completed despite the construction works having been started in 2016. It is 47-kilometre road and is halfway done to date. So, when a report reflects on the number of roads constructed over a certain period of time yet some roads are not complete, such report is mostly likely biased. I was very impressed to see the President bring in the element of devolution to demonstrate to this august House how the two levels of government have worked together, especially in the areas of healthcare and other social amenities like water. To those who will succeed the President, in future, we need to see more drugs and less strikes in hospitals. Medical staff should be properly remunerated and have good terms of service negotiated through their trade unions. We also need to see more high-end medical facilities in the rural areas. I was impressed to see the President talk about the number of new classrooms that have been constructed because of the 100 per cent transition from primary school to secondary school. I confirm that my constituency is a beneficiary. However, compared to the number of students that we have under the new system of education - what we call Junior Secondary School - the number of classrooms constructed is by far minimal. So, the President has to do more in terms of investing more resources to absorb the students who will, for the first time, join Junior Secondary School. Finally, there are areas that ought to have been captured at the outset. In the agricultural sector, for example, farmers are struggling to get livestock feeds. I know the President mentioned how taxes have been relaxed in the other sectors, including the sugar and tea subsectors. However, we needed to have something within the livestock industry now that livestock farmers in the country are adopting zero-grazing system. Most of the highly populated areas have adopted zero- grazing. Zero-grazing can best be supported by an active livestock feed industry. I expected that to be captured as part of tax-free components within his administration. Overall, the President’s Speech was immensely passionate and it captured what any ordinary Kenyan would expect. I know we have had challenges about debts, but the debt crisis we are dealing with can be accounted for in terms of the number of roads, the number of medical 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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