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    "id": 1319757,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi Hills, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bernard Kitur",
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    "content": "reason. The President took a deliberate effort immediately and appointed those judges. Not only did he do only that for the Judiciary; he went ahead and looked at the budget challenges of that arm of government and made sure that it got an additional Ksh3 billion to address the issue of justice in the country. Equally, it was notable that the President raised the issue of independence of the National Police Service (NPS). The NPS has been misused in the past years. He empowered them by giving them a budget. He also called on the former Chief Justice to lead a task force to look into the welfare of police officers. That is something that is extremely commendable. When we talk about food crisis and the cost of living in the country, one of the things that the President has done is to look at the production side of the economy. What is that one thing that we have in the country that can give us an advantage of having the ability to not only create employment but also reduce the cost of living? It is agriculture. The President mentioned that as much as he removed subsidies on many other aspects of the economy, he immediately gave subsidy on fertiliser. What was the effect of that? We were able to have almost 18 million additional bags of maize this season. The cost of food in the country has gone way down. He further went ahead and brought in driers. Once we have a bumper harvest, the biggest challenge we have always had is that most of this produce gets spoilt. He imported many driers and brought down their cost. They have always been charged Ksh350, but now we have them at KSh70. This is something very commendable. The President also mentioned fiscal discipline in the country. He gave us a lot of comfort. When he came in, we were facing debt that was taking this country down. But he made a comfort statement that by the end of this year we will make the first repayment of US$300 million. That is a firm word from a President who is well planned and organised; he knows what he wants to do for this country. I would like to delve into the issue of the seven million Kenyans who the President removed from the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) immediately he got into office. He also talked about the Hustler Fund of Ksh36 billion. Many people have said too many things about it, but you realise that many Kenyans have borrowed from the Fund. There are about 7.5 million repeat customers. That is something worth mentioning. On the issue of employment, over 57,000 teachers have been employed in this country. On housing, over 50,000 people have been employed in the 46,000 housing programmes that have been done and the 40,000 others are ongoing. These are the things that the President of the Republic is doing. It is extremely commendable and worth an applause. Lastly, is the issue of health of our Kenyan people."
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