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    "id": 1319766,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gichugu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for granting me this opportunity to also contribute to the Motion on the State of the Nation Address by the President as obligated under Article 132 of the Constitution. This Address depicts a President who has a plan, is very organised and has a vision for the country. Considering that it is the first State of the Nation Address in the first term of the present presidency of five years, and going by the contributions made by Members of this House, the President and the Kenya Kwanza Government has scored an A. Why? It is because of the success stories flowing out of this Address. The first success story is in the agricultural sector. We all know that it is the backbone of the country both economically and in terms of food security. The Government stuck to the fact that the only way we can lower the cost of living in terms of availability of food is by subsidising production and not consumption. It is yielding results because some politicians, I will not mention names, were saying that the cost of unga is very high. What else did they expect the Government to do other than to subsidise production? Production is key to food security. There is no way the Government can give people food, but at least it can subsidise production and that has been done. The cost of fertiliser has gone down as the Address has indicated, from a high of almost Ksh7,000 to Ksh2,500 per bag. Farmers in Gichugu, who farm tea and coffee, are now happy. I can confirm that tea farmers already have access to the Ksh2,500 subsidised fertiliser which will go a long way in improving their yields. It will go a long way in adding money into their pockets because they will be economically empowered."
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