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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Yegon",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to contribute to this State of the Nation Address by the President. I support his Speech. When he took over office, there were many challenges which this administration faced. He is still trying to do his best. First of all, there was the issue of the COVID-19 Pandemic which ravaged the whole nation and globe. This contributed immensely to making the country a net importer of food. It also depleted the country’s revenues. When the President took over office, he made the Inspector-General of Police to be the Accounting Officer of the NPS, thus, giving them their financial autonomy. The cost of living is very high. This is something which not only affects our nation but also affects all the other countries. We have travelled to other countries and they are all talking about the same thing. The President has subsidised fertiliser which has given us a niche of trying to improve these hard economic times. The cost of 90 kilogrammes of maize has come down from Ksh6,500 to Ksh3,500 or Ksh4,000 in my area. Thus, this is the reality of subsidising production. There is an issue of distribution of this fertiliser. The subsidy was for 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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