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    "id": 1356906,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the speech by the President and appreciate his wisdom and charisma in presenting his report. If you read the speech and report by the President, there is a connection with his speech last year and the Manifesto of the Kenya Kwanza Government. While he was campaigning, he made promises and pledges to this country. In his first speech, he laid a foundation. After one year of presidency, he is giving us a report of what Kenyans should look forward to. As a leader of a country like Kenya, sometimes you are forced to make hard and painful decisions for the betterment of tomorrow. The President had pledged and promised Kenyans but some issues required legislation and policy changes. That is what Parliament has worked on in the last one year. For instance, the President pledged on a number of issues like education. Currently, there is a new model of funding for university education where almost 45,000 students will benefit from an average of 80 per cent fees reduction. There are 56,000 new teachers who were recruited to cover the gap that has been there over the years. Currently, there is JSS funding, for both infrastructure and capitation. If you sum up all that has happened in the education sector, a burden has been lifted from parents who are not able to pay for their children’s education. According to the report by the President on food production, the subsidy has resulted in reduction of prices of unga from Ksh265 to Ksh170 per 2-kilogramme pack. That means the programme he put in place has worked. The second-highest importation in this country after petroleum is edible oil. Currently, there is distribution of subsidised sunflower seeds to encourage farmers to grow. This means that in the next address by the President, we will have information on production of sunflower. There is also value addition in agricultural production. During his campaign, the President promised and signed a charter to put up industrial parks in every county. I want to report that my county has already started that project, which will cover post-harvest losses for farmers. The President also talked about affordable housing, social housing and market housing programmes. All these were not only intended to create decent housing for our people but also employment for the youth. The other issue was on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and we have talked about it in this House. The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) contribution will be reduced from Ksh500 to Ksh375 per family. One Hundred Thousand UHC workers will also be employed. All that will reduce the cost of living for the people of this country. On the Hustler Fund, it is very encouraging that 73 per cent…"
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