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    "id": 1372079,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion that was brought by the Senate Majority Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I support that is what should happen in the President’s address to Parliament. It should not only be a formality that the President comes to Parliament and addresses parliamentarians on a number of issues whilst there are many concerns for Kenyans that remain unresolved. I look forward to the coming Presidential address to Parliament addressing a number of issues that are of concern to Kenyans. The issue of the Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) remains unresolved. It is not a secret that a number of our students and schools in major regions were not taught. The nature of secondary schools is that teachers are trained to teach two subjects. However, when you look at many of those schools, only two teachers are posted there to teach. That shows that in most of the schools, a number of subjects were not taught the whole year. This should not be taken for granted because it means that most of the subjects were not taught and so that generation will have an education system that is wanting. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if that is repeated this year, and the years to come, it will mean that our products will not compete with the products from other regions. As the President comes, I look forward to that being addressed amongst other challenges that our people have, including the issue of the housing levy that concerns this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also look forward to a very robust debate in Parliament after his address. I pray that our debates and sentiments will be taken care of."
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