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    "id": 1202048,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "component of the project that relocates existing infrastructure like electricity and water pipes. The Speech read by the President - I am saying the Speech read by the President deliberately. I will try to be brief and make my presentation in three segments. I will express my views first on my expectations. Secondly, I will give an overview of the Speech. Lastly, I will get into the specifics. In regards to my expectations as a leader in this country and the elected representative of the interest of the sovereigns of Kitui County, I was underwhelmed, actually, disappointed by the Speech read by the President. Prior to the reading of the Speech, there was a live conversation across the political divide among leaders whether they were going to attend this session or not. I made a deliberate choice to attend. I expected that two things would happen. First, that solutions to the skyrocketing cost of living across the country will form the centerpiece of the President's Speech. To my recollection, I have gone through this Speech many times. That did not happen. Immediately after the Speech was read on the 29th Thursday, 2022, I travelled to Kitui County on Friday and the cry of the people of Kitui on the President’s Address was; what solutions had he given to deal with drought and starvation in sections of the county? That is still a live matter and must be appreciated by us all. If there is one challenge that this country is facing is drought and starvation in pockets of the country. The second issue that I expected the President to deal with was the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). Although later the President appointed a taskforce to look into it, I expected that because he was setting the agenda of the nation for the next five years, to boldly address himself and make policy pronouncements on the issue of CBC. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Whip, yourself and I know that when it comes to matters and issues touching on education, it requires the highest office in the land to intervene with proper information. I am reminded of former President Bush of the United States of America when he signed the No Child Left Behind Bill into law. This was meant to address issues of public schools, especially issues of access to minority groups including the blacks. That photograph is going to be forever engrained in my mind of that boy standing beside the President as he signed the Bill into law. Later on, President Obama signed Every Child Succeeds Act. This is because education issues are very important to the life of a nation. My expectations were not met. It was not my speech. It was the Speech read by the President. Therefore, an overview of the Speech has two to three issues. Firstly, colleagues have argued on the length of the Speech. Some have said it was short. Others have said that it was okay. However, from where I sit, substance is not necessarily on the length of the Speech, but on the detail in every paragraph, whether short or long."
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