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    "id": 1456712,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chesumei, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Biego",
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    "content": "for medical or hospital bills. We will suffer a lot. One Member has talked about stalled roads. I come from a constituency where there are stalled roads. I was very happy because my constituency would have been a beneficiary of some of the money which had earlier been allocated for stalled projects. I was a beneficiary of two major roads, Danger-Chemuswa, which people are on record for going on strike, and Ndalat-Lessos- Kesses Road. In fact, Danger-Chemuswa Road had been launched by the former President and the current President while he was Deputy President. I do not know what we will tell the constituents about its fate - because we had promised them that we would fix it. As the Generation Z and everybody advocates for job opportunities, I had seen an opportunity for local factories to create a lot of jobs. Initially, taxation had been levied on the finished products and importation. If that had happened, the local manufacturers would have had a lot of market for their products and the youth would get many jobs. I hope that one day, we will create those jobs for the youth because we will be promoting the growth of the local industries. One other dangerous thing that we have lost is the Chronic Diseases Management (CDM) Scheme which teachers were promised. We call upon them to be patient and understand the situation. Otherwise, that can also spur a lot of problems. There are other areas I know were difficult for the Budget and Appropriations Committee to balance. The Judiciary had given us a lot of hope that they would be finishing cases on time. But now, we have also seen some budget cuts of about Ksh1.92 billion for the Judiciary and the State Department for Wildlife. Lastly, I would like to add my voice on the issue of senators. I advise and encourage them to have a conversation on how they should be devolving…"
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