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    "id": 1200757,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kericho CWR, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": "uphold all the nominees for the positions. I congratulate Hon. Florence Bore, my predecessor. I am here because she got another position, but I hope this House will uphold her position. Hon. Deputy Speaker, there are many issues facing women such as gender-based violence (GBV). We have cases of suicide happening around the country particularly in Kericho County. We have many stressed women in need of psychosocial support. I commit to work closely with the three arms of Government especially the Executive and the Legislature, to ensure that women have their space. The President’s Speech was just the best. It was very short, but full of wisdom. He applied what we call the mini skirt rule; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to maintain interest. At the end of the Speech, Members were very excited. He gave us his roadmap towards implementation of the bottom-up economic model approach. He highlighted the key steps in which the Government intends to use to achieve full realisation of his agenda. As I said, he appreciated the women leadership. Secondly, he talked about investing in agriculture by reducing the cost of production. This is very important and we will review the legislation that will moderate issues on export and taxation of agricultural products. Agriculture is key in Kenya. This is the main area that gives us economic empowerment. I pray that we put more emphasis on the same. We are not only concerned about food security, but economic empowerment. On UHC, the President is concerned about a more effective, affordable and efficient system. In his plan, he talked about maternity and the provision of diapers for women with children under three months. This made me think of getting one more child to appreciate the Government’s programme of free diapers for three months. I will come so that we can discuss and I think you should join me. We appreciate the Government in supporting women by providing diapers for three months. That will help our women who have children. Our health is our wealth, and this will be good for us. On the issue of housing, it is very important that we have the land, but more importantly, we should also have other enablers so that the housing programme can help many of our people. I see the lights are on, but I want to add one more point. Our people are waiting for the hustler’s fund. They already have groups. We want to see it done in the right way. The department at the Ministry that will take care of the hustler’s fund will have to do it well so that people do not miss out. Hustlers are waiting for it and they are ready to be helped. This will cover everybody. It will help mama mboga, all the hawkers and everybody who is concerned with this."
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