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    "speaker_name": "Bomet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Yegon",
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    "content": "Silibwet-Kipyosit-Tegat Road. We should prioritise the Mulot-Mengit-Toronik-Kipreres- Cheboin-Merigi-Kongotik-Chepkitwal and Lekimbo-Cheboin-Chepkolon-Njerian roads. Despite the fact that water is a key enabler of development, Bomet East, which is highly agriculture-endowed, has eventually been faced with acute shortage of the precious commodity. Water shortage, for both domestic use and irrigation, affects all the five wards in the constituency, namely, Kembu, Merigi, Chemaner, Longisa and Kipreres. I wish to thank the African Development Bank (ADB) for funding the ongoing extension of water pipelines to Longisa and Mulot trading centres in a bid to ease the acute shortage of the precious commodity. As a long-term solution, I appeal to the national Government, under the Kenya Kwanza Coalition, to fast-track the implementation of Kibusto Water Project in Chemaner Ward. The project, identified in early 1980s, has the potential of supplying water by gravity to a larger part of Bomet East Constituency and is highly cost effective. To spur economic growth and improve people’s livelihoods, I will be engaging the national Government to connect electricity to households under the last-mile connectivity programme, even as we push for new lines to be rolled out. I am glad that in response to concerns raised by the people, the President set up a taskforce to review the Competency Based Curriculum education system, which will identify schools to be made centres of excellence in the constituency so that we can rally donors on their construction and equipping to accommodate bright but needy students. With agriculture being the driving engine of the Kenyan economy, it is noteworthy that growing tea by small-scale farmers and dairy farming are the main sources of livelihood for the residents following the collapse of the maize sector due to the maize lethal necrosis disease for more than 15 years, hence the negative impact on food security in the region. The uptake of avocado farming on subsistence and commercial scales has steadily risen in the last four years. We will walk with the stakeholders to construct a pack house for farmers to sell their produce through export to fetch higher prices. The recent move by the Government to set up an ICT centre in Mulot, specifically as a software development hub in the country, is highly appreciated. It is a welcome move that will go a long way in demonstrating that there is a huge potential for rural areas to drive Kenya’s industrial growth. We, men and women in the House, look up to you and the House leadership for guidance as we learn the ropes of legislation, which is what voters have sent us here to do."
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