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    "id": 1202439,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "The Kenya Kwanza Coalition plan, which he elaborated on as the bottom-up approach, includes the hustlers’ fund, which will be set up. It is my submission that once the legislative assistance is sought by the Executive so that we can implement the plans of Kenya Kwanza Coalition, this House will be more than willing and ready to ensure that the legislative agenda is passed and the country moves on. He was quite elaborate and emphatic that we must invest more in the country so that we create jobs for millions of Kenyans who are jobless. This is what is hurting us when we go to the constituencies to find young graduates idling in market places or wherever jobless. Sincerely we, as a House, must rise to the occasion. We must now legislate in a manner that will assist our youth to get more jobs, get investors coming in and people putting down their money so that young people can actually get jobs. The trickle-down effect is what we are talking about such that we do not always rely on the money coming from the top. We have to build the base now, so that we move upwards the bottom-up as opposed to the trickle-down effect. Let us also became savers. We were told so. It is not a question of just consuming everything that we get. Let that saving be commensurate with what we earn. We, as Members of Parliament, cannot contribute the same amount with a P1 teacher who has just been employed in the NSSF. Let it be commensurate with our earning so that we can save and borrow from those savings. The NHIF is very important. We must also contribute proportionately to the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for every Kenyan. There is no point of contributing little money to take care of your family alone, when actually we know for sure that you earn much more than the people we have upcountry. Let us pay enough for our family, and a bigger number of our constituents, so that eventually at the end of five years, every Kenyan can be covered by the NHIF. They should be able to walk into and out of hospitals, where they are properly treated. The housing project is part of the Big Four Agenda which collapsed because of various political reasons. It has now become the pet topic of our President. We must give him the legislative legal framework on which he can actually ensure that even those who live in the slums and areas that are not very habitable, including those who live in deplorable states in our constituencies, are given better housing. Let us talk about infrastructure. As I have said, my constituency, Tharaka, needs roads. We have numerous stalled projects in Tharaka Nithi County, like every other part of the country. We need to revive and complete all these infrastructural development projects, so that Kenyans can also enjoy development like the rest of the world. He actually made a point on electricity, because there are many rural areas, including my constituency and county again, where the percentages are too low. Tharaka Constituency is at 30 per cent. Gatundu South and Gatundu North may be at 100 per cent. Let us move the money that is meant for those who are in 100 per cent to those that that are behind. This is called equalization. We should not be shy to say these things, because some areas in the country are more developed than others. As a result of this, we are lagging behind. The President is the symbol of unity; we have said so. Let us embrace him and support his legislative agenda and budgetary plans. Let us support whatever he brings as long as it is 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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