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    "id": 1199118,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Othaya, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Michael Wainaina",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to speak to my people, who elected me overwhelmingly. First, I thank the people of Othaya Constituency for granting me this opportunity to serve them in this House. I commit to work with them to make Othaya great. It is a constituency that has its part in the history of Kenya for being home of the third President of Kenya, His Excellency Mwai Kibaki. May his soul rest in eternal peace. As a way of honouring his input in this nation, I will work extra hard to ensure that Othaya will be a model constituency where all will have equal opportunities. Let me congratulate you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, and all the Members on being elected to come to this House. I will talk about the President’s Speech. Let me start by congratulating the President and his Deputy for their well-deserved victory. Having gone through the speech, I want to talk about the commitment to implement pledges, and commitments which are set out in Kenya Kwanza Manifesto. First, I look forward to seeing farmers, more so from Othaya, benefitting from the plan which was laid out by our President in agriculture. Our significant intervention is towards greater production with investment in irrigation water for the small-scale tea farmers to scale up our productivity in agriculture. I also concur with our President’s Speech on the provision of land for affordable housing. There is also a provision to access cheap and sustainable funding for the targeted population. Equally, the commitment by the President to inject Ksh50 billion to the hustlers’ fund per year to enable small-scale traders to access affordable credit will go a long way in creating employment opportunities to our youth. The President committed to restructure the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). This will liberate Kenyans and their families from the threat of becoming poor every time a family member falls ill. I also concur with the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework to improve our current infrastructure. 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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