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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to put my word on the Presidential Address to the nation. I know and I acknowledge the fact that Kenyans are proud people. They want to see the best for this nation. They are crying out for good lives. When the President was giving his Speech, in my mind I was analysing and seeing the benefits and advantages we were going to get from it. I had in mind what Kenyans are facing as we move along today and relate that with a Speech I expected the President to make. The key issue Kenyans are talking about and which is extremely important is the cost of living. If you do not address this adequately, the value of your Speech, however good it may be, goes down. It is my opinion that the President did not fully meet the expectations of the Kenyan population on the cost of living. People are suffering. I do not need to elaborate on this although he said the cost of maize has gone down. If it has, then this is not the reality on the ground. If I check what is happening in my own area or the region I come from, the cost of living in terms of needs is still as high as it was earlier after we had passed the Budget of the Financial Year 2023/2024. I, therefore, expected not just some good wishes and intentions but the President to tell us strong methods he has taken to reduce the prices. I know this is caused by the high cost of fuel. Unfortunately, the President avoided to talk on this and yet it is fuel which is igniting the suffering of the Kenyan population. Yes, the President has said and it is the policy of the Government that we cannot subsidise consumption but subsidise production. That might look 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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