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    "id": 1319478,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bidu Mohamed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to air my views on the President’s Address. The Speech by the President had good things, but he forgot some issues. The good things include education. The requirements for teachers’ training have been lowered so that many people can go to school. That is a good thing. He overlooked several things about the economy. It seemed as though the entire Speech was biased towards agriculture. There are people who depend on livestock for their livelihood. He did not touch on those issues yet they are the mainstay of many people in the northern part of the country. The President did not bother to touch on that. There is also the issue of floods, which have caused many problems in the country. Four centres in my constituency that are along the Ewaso Nyiro River have been closed. Nothing is being done to address the issue. Gafarsa, Ole Saboro, Sericho and Badana towns have been cut off because of floodwaters. The President did not say anything about that. He also talked about the bottom-up economic agenda. There are people who engage in artisanal mining in Kom in Isiolo County. The provincial administration shut down that mining site, where hustlers were trying to earn a living, in the name of insecurity. What do we do? The President says that we should hustle, get money and put food on the table, but the provincial administration shuts down our source of livelihood in the name of insecurity. The Government should provide security for individuals and their property. You cannot shut down a site which provides people with a source of livelihood, simply because of alleged insecurity, which is the responsibility of the Government and the police to solve. There seem to be many contradictions. Next time, the President’s Speech must equally cover all areas of the nation."
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