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    "id": 1319556,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Webuye West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Wanyama",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to contribute to the President’s Speech. The trajectory that the Speech took will bring Kenya back to the right footing in terms of economic recovery. The two issues that he mentioned that touched my heart are food security and universal healthcare. The moment any country fixes those two issues, the citizens will have a good life. That will in turn help address the issue of cost of living. From the President’s Speech, it is clear that other than subsidy on consumables, it is better to have subsidies on production. This is evident because in my home area we have already had very good yields as a result of the subsidised fertiliser. This has led to bumper harvest this year and that will be the same moving forward. Consequently, the issue of hunger in this country has been addressed I come from the sugar belt. The Kenya Kwanza Government has done what other governments did not do, namely, to write-off debts for the sugar factories. In particular, Nzoia Sugar Company where I come from, will relieve sugarcane farmers from the bondage of debts that the factory owed them. Most of the farmers will be paid their money. Previous governments offloaded the debts of coffee. The trajectory of the coffee sector has started picking. The sugar factories will also take it up and move forward. That will improve the economy and change the situation of the farmers in the sugar belt. Farmers will earn a better living going forward because they will be in a position to even pay school fees for their children. On universal healthcare, the President has given the plan that the Government has. Once that is addressed, I am sure Kenyans will have it easy. Additionally, lack of drugs in referral hospitals will be a thing of the past. Hon. Tim Wanyonyi indicated that the President did not have his speech. Given that I come from the same region with Hon. Tim, I will inform him that technology has advanced. The Member expected to see the President with a file of papers, but we have gone digital. The Speech was read on a teleprompter. I will offer tuition to Hon. Tim Wanyonyi so that he can understand that one does not have to carry files to read speeches. Finally, the cost of living has come down. This is evident by the drop in the price of"
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