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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ganze, PAA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kenneth Tungule",
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    "content": "Secondly, I commend the President on the reforms in the health sector. This is a sector that has really suffered. But we have seen light at the end of the tunnel. We acknowledge that some Bills have been passed in this Parliament to make the Government take up the cost of treating critical ailments. We have seen people, especially those who have patients suffering from critical ailments like cancer, paying a lot of money. I know of a friend who has a sick father who is suffering from cancer. The father was admitted at Aga Khan University Hospital. In one week, my friend called to inform me that the bill was around Ksh700,000. His father did not have a medical insurance. You can imagine the kind of suffering that Kenyans with patients suffering from critical ailments are going through. By the Government taking up this burden, we know for sure that it will be a relief to Kenyans. We have to commend the President for that. Also on the health sector, there are now community health promoters. Those are people who give very essential services to the community especially at the grassroots. They were working free of charge. This Government has now put them on a stipend and they will get at least something at the end of every month. We need to thank the President because he has made it happen. On the Judiciary, we commend the appointment of the six judges who had not been appointed by the previous regime. We also commend the increment of the Judiciary Fund. We have seen new courts coming up. I can attest that in my County of Kilifi, there is a new court that was opened the other day. I can attest that in my County of Kilifi, there is a new court whose construction was started the other day. In Ganze where I come from, I have information that the Judiciary is looking for land to build a court. As it is right now, for the people of Ganze to access justice, they have to travel all the way to Kilifi, Malindi, Kaloleni or Mariakani, which are many kilometres away. We are already seeing the fruits of the new Government. Now that they have increased the Judiciary Fund, new courts are already coming up. This will make it easy for people to access justice. On food security, I commend the President on the measures he has put in place by introducing subsidies on production rather than consumption. Those measures are bearing fruits. I did a sampling survey when I was in my constituency last Sunday and the cost of unga has gone down. In every shop that I went to, the cost was between Ksh140 and Ksh145, down from Ksh200. This is a manifestation that whatever the President is doing is bearing fruits. Because my time is up, I will end there. I really support the Speech. Thank you."
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