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    "id": 1358130,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1358130/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to speak on the President's Speech. I like the way the President started his Speech. One of his phrases said “together, with the people of Kenya, we have changed everything.” That means the President is following what Kenyans are saying about his leadership and what he needs to do for this country. One of the things that is troubling us is the cost of living. The cost of living is being addressed by the farmers who have come out to do serious farming. The Government has given fertiliser subsidies which have reached every Kenyan. Even the farmers in Masinga Constituency, which is in a very remote area of Machakos County, receive notifications on their phones to pick their fertilisers from the depot. There is even a conversation that the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) should build a store for them so that we have a store in the constituency instead of the regional centre. That is a conversation we are going to have. That means there is goodwill in this fertiliser initiative and farmers are taking it very positively. I am aware that digital transformation is also going on. I did four hubs in my constituency during my previous term. I have seen a lot of change to young people. They can now do their work, applications and assignments from their various universities and colleges from the hub that I installed for them. I am sure the hubs the Ministry is implementing will be a game changer because the small ones we installed have already transformed our young people. We have seen happy young people looking for jobs from those platforms. The other thing I picked from the President's Speech is the support the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives is giving to farmers. For example, they have plotted areas where to grow dry grains. The drying centres are being built in five centres. Two in Meru and one in Bomet. There are others I cannot remember. I have picked them from the adverts that is floating tenders that will support farmers to do that. The other thing is the fish landing base. The blue economy is also doing wonders. Twenty-two landing bases have been identified. Some have already been built and fishermen can fish from the sea and Lake Victoria. They come and put the fish on those landing bays, 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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