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    "id": 1201339,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest congratulations to the President and his Kenya Kwanza Team for their well-earned victory in the just concluded general elections. In the same breath, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to congratulate the Speaker and yourself for your election and to wish you the best of luck in your role. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate each and every Senator for being entrusted with the responsibility of representing Kenyans. To my understanding, the purpose of Presidential Address during opening of Parliament, as is traditional world over, is for the Head of the State to present his statement of intent to the House regarding the socio-economic agenda for the country. In my view, the President’s Address and his intention for the country seem to be well timed as it seeks to address the fundamental socio-economic factors required to propel this country forward. As legislators, we must commit to play our role together with other arms of Government to ensure that this is accomplished. Interrogating the manner in which this will be carried out is one of our main responsibilities. I must say that in overall, the President’s Address touched on issues that matter to the people of Kenya. They include austerity measures in the Government’s budget and expenditure and restructuring the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) schemes to ensure that they more efficient and reliable to the people of Kenya. Issues on abandonment of consumption subsidies in favour for investing and supporting production are all good and they appear to be well intentioned."
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