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    "id": 1319576,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": " I was very keen to note that the President did not mention and commit himself to issues on the cost of fuel. It is because it has been a very thorny issue. The cost of living has gone very high. It is something that I thought he would commit to - the baseline being the cost of fuel in this country. I thought he would commit by saying he would have made efforts to bring the cost of living down by reducing the cost of fuel in this country in the coming year. But, that notwithstanding, as a farmer and a representative of the farmers in Githunguri, I wanted to hear the President commit himself to his efforts on matters of milk. He has spoken about maize and coffee. However, he did not mention anything to do with milk. Noting and considering that he has been visiting our areas of representation, and more particularly Githunguri, where he has been promising, not once or twice, that he will make efforts to provide coolers to our farmers... He has promised those coolers not once or twice but they have not been presented. He did not commit himself to when those coolers will be delivered and yet, he has committed and promised many times. How I hope his handlers and the people working with him will make him honourable by making sure he delivers whatever he promises in our backyards. As I sit down, I am keen to note that his Speech did not mention anything to do with the elderly persons of this county. Somehow, they have been forgotten. We have assumed them for long. We have bundled their money in waiting for over nine months. Even the way we distribute their monies - the social protection’s Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme - is sometimes so inhuman. We need to dignify the elderly persons of Kenya. I hope that we will hear more about the inclusion and consideration of the elderly persons of this country in the next presidential update. We should make sure we commit not to delay their monthly monies that we usually delay. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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