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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Maingi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to start by congratulating you on your election as the Deputy Speaker of this House, and that of Hon. Moses Wetang’ula as the Speaker of the National Assembly. I would also like to thank the great people of Mwea Constituency for electing me to this august House, and for electing me as their first female Member of Parliament. I promise them that I will do everything within my capacity to live up to their expectations. Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to briefly speak on the President’s Speech. I will touch on a few areas. On healthcare, the President spoke to the issue of universal healthcare for all. We all know that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. The expensive healthcare facilities are out of reach of our people. Therefore, people have resorted to self-medicating. Others even go to herbalists because they cannot afford the expensive healthcare services in this country. It is a good start that the President mentioned that the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is going to take care of chronic ailments. As Members of Parliament, we are all in WhatsApp groups where we have to raise funds for expensive chronic ailments like cancer. Families have been financially drained and cannot make ends meet. With the delivery of UHC, the country will be headed in the right direction. On the matter of the Judiciary, I support the President in increasing funds for the Judiciary. This is an indication that going forward, all the constitutional Government agencies will work independently and with utmost independence. I wish to support the President in his Speech, on the subsidised fertilizer. He mentioned that we are going to have a policy on production subsidy. Going forward, I hope the subsidy 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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