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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": ". Inflation came from a high of 9 per cent to a low of 2.6 per cent. The last time we were at an inflation rate lower than 3 per cent was more than 17 years ago. The point I am making here is that, yes, there are plans that have been put out there. Yes, there has been implementation going on and, yes, there have been results. From the speech, the President is telling us that the situation is not business as usual. The situation calls for agility. It calls for innovation. It also calls for responsiveness. That is why the President says that he is listening. This House is also listening. Leaders are now being forced to hear what it is that the people are saying. Even as we become agile, innovative and responsive, we have to place responsibility where it has to be placed. In his speech, the President spoke about plans in the sector that the Committee I chair superintends: the sector of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and the digital economy. He talked about rolling out 100 kilometres of fibre, Wi-Fi hotspots, digitisation of government services and the institution of digital innovation hubs. For this to happen, it will not be just the work of the Executive. It will take the Cabinet to move with him. Members of Parliament have to also take their role, especially in the installation of digital innovation hubs. The ministries and agencies will have to be way more agile. They will have to do that which the President is calling on us to do—to be innovative in the approach and responsive—so that we take this farm that we call Kenya ahead. The President drew a picture of us as farmers. We have planted a seed that we all must take care of and prune if we shall harvest the fruits espoused in the national anthem that says “plenty be found within our borders”. It was a great speech. It is for us to now implement it. Thank you very much."
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