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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "office, we had as much challenges as those given in the Speech and those not given. History will never be forgotten as you push towards achieving the plans that you have. The frankness in the Speech by the President, in the commitments made and the achievements, cannot be ignored. We cannot say that we have achieved 100 per cent of the promises made. However, where we were and where we are is something that the Speech, indeed, acknowledged in a number of its provisions. One of it is the cost of living. The President, indeed, acknowledged this in very many paragraphs. Out of this, I can very well recall Paragraph 15 of 102 of the President’s Speech. It is where he, indeed, made specific comments on the efforts the Government has made. My colleague has acknowledged the fact that one of the items that the National Dialogue Committee is discussing and coming up with is a proposal on how to deal with the cost of living. In that particular Speech, it is acknowledged that it is not a one-off thing. It is not something that we can just go across in the shops and buy. The cost of living is a process that begins somewhere and takes time. One of the ways within which the cost of living has been addressed by this administration is the effort in the agriculture sector. The Government has given support not only towards bringing down the cost of maize, but also milk. There are efforts to ensure that we add value to the produce from our farmers and, by extension, we will fetch better prices in the market. That same effort is enlisting the farmers, so that we have a database of the people who need Government support. We acknowledge the fact that not all of us are farmers. Even in this particular House, not all of us can do the same thing. There are various people with engagements and commitments. This particular Speech acknowledges that those who are in agriculture and business are supported. In this case, there is particular reference to the people in the small sector holdings, where the Hustler Fund, which they have intentionally decided to say it has not helped, is acknowledged. This is an approach that the Government made in its campaign, to reach out to the small business community. Indeed, the statistics that you have been given have confirmed that it is not only the small business people who have borrowed this money, it has gone beyond that. The second phase of this Fund has equally been alluded to. Instead of reaching out to the single business entrepreneurs, groups will be supported by borrowing. This borrowing touches the business community in two ways. One is by supporting them to enhance their business enterprises and the approach which led to the removal of a number of these people from the bureau where they had been listed as non-credit worthy. If a person borrows from a facility, he or she will be supporting and enhancing his or her business for her credit worthiness. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this particular Speech gave Kenyans the hope that we gave them in the course of the campaigns. That hope is what keeps Kenyans going in order to see tomorrow and achieve the dreams that they have. One of the things that we must not forget is the independence that this particular administration has provided to independent institutions, one of which was the immediate"
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