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    "id": 1319742,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Vihiga County, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adagala Beatrice",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity at this particular time, to give my views on the Presidential Address on the State of Nation in this Parliament. The message was clear and short, keeping in mind that he has been in office for only one year and a few things have been achieved. From the outset, let me start with agriculture. I applaud the President for the subsidised fertiliser. I want to echo the same sentiments echoed by my colleagues and ask the ministry in-charge to continue that way so that we can eradicate poverty and hunger by enhancing agriculture in this country. I ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives to ensure in the next disbursement to counties like my county Vihiga where farmers have small farms, they package the fertiliser in 5, 10 and 25 kilogrammes so that everybody can afford. This is my request, adding to what the President said on agriculture. I love the way the health sector has changed because we have passed several Bills on health. The Universal Health Care under Afya Nyumbani Programme has enabled village health workers to be recruited. We must ensure the Kenyan nation is healthy so that things are done properly unlike, having an unhealthy nation where everybody is sick and cannot work or do anything. So, I appreciate the President for this. I also want to appreciate him for recognising the village women and men who normally assist villagers with health matters. Rome was not built in a day. I heard a colleague shouting “hunger” from the top of his voice yet his constituency is among the food baskets in the western region. When a leader shouts “hunger” in Parliament, he should assist the President by ensuring all farmers in his constituency are registered. So, when fertiliser comes at the beginning of the year, they get it. I want to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives to add seedlings for farmers who cannot afford to buy. We have widows, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and young people in the villages, who cannot afford to buy seedlings and fertiliser. By adding seedlings, we shall appreciate so that our nation can eradicate hunger once and for all. I also appreciate the President for setting a record in the history of Kenya. He gave money to all governors in the 47 counties. I think this is where everything starts and is the bottom-up approach. So, governors have funds to steer counties to another level so that we can stop complaining about poverty, hunger, diseases and others. I think the President has tried in those few days. If he is given more time, I am sure in his next Address here, we shall see more developments. We want to see the President working on the corruption issue in this country. We saw the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) leaking roof yet we want to attract many tourists. The Cabinet Secretary in-charge should look for a solution. We are also lucky to have the Hustler Fund. We thank the President for them, but we have to do more."
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