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    "id": 1319739,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Chache North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Japheth Nyakundi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to the debate on the State of the Nation Address. First of all, I applaud the President for giving a very realistic speech and a clear road map towards the economic growth of this country. I also applaud him because when he came in, the education sector was marred with a lot of uncertainty, especially the CBC. He has managed this well by employing over 56,000 teachers in two years. This is the first time this has been done. This will help reduce the gap between teachers and students. In the end, this will improve the education standards in our schools. The President also managed to transfer about Ksh3.4 billion from the education sector to the NG-CDF. This money will help in constructing classrooms and laboratories for the JSS students. The President also has come up with a new funding model for our students in the universities and TVET institutions; Ksh4.3 billion has been set aside for this. On universal healthcare, the President has employed 110,000 CHPs, who will support about 100,000 households. This will go a long way in identifying the sick people at home, diagnosing them and referring them to health providers. This will help us in referring patients to either a Level 1 or Level 4 hospital. Our people at the grassroots will greatly benefit from this. This new universal healthcare model has reduced the cost of NHIF from Ksh500 for the less fortunate to Ksh300. Most Kenyans do not have money to pay for NHIF. This reduction will ensure that our people pay for NHIF. One of my colleagues said that they have not seen the subsidised fertiliser. As a Member of Parliament, that is negligence because this is in the public domain. The price of a bag of fertiliser was reduced from Ksh6,500 to Ksh2,500. As a result, we have experienced a bumper harvest of about 50 million bags. The Government has also bought dryers for our maize. It has also reduced the cost of drying maize from Ksh350 to Ksh70 per bag. 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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