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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "clear in my mind that the standing ovation that the President received in this House was worthwhile and well deserved because he spoke truthfully and rightfully. He did not hide any cards nor gloss over anything, rather he confronted everything that needed to be, head-on including Parliament itself on certain laws that have not passed, and especially on the Conflict of Interest Bill, 2023. He also confronted the Judiciary on how they deal with corruption cases. That is why this House must not feel intimidated in any way that they gave the President a standing ovation. I am a teacher of history and government. Some Presidents have received standing ovations. One of the longest-standing ovations was 22 minutes which a President in America received because of this good address in that particular Assembly. Allow me to pick up on one because of time. The confrontation that the President tackled with the SHA/SHIF/Taifa Care was so good. I have gone to the villages and realised that the biggest challenge that SHA is facing is on registration. If we want to succeed in that sector, we must make our people register. How do they register? The Community Health Promoters (CHPs) were sent three links. The first and second links did not work, but the third link is now working. Unfortunately, they need bundles to register our people. We need to move as Parliament and everyone else. Possibly, I am speaking to the Cabinet Secretary that we need to white mark that link for registration of people into SHA so that it does not draw any money or any bundles from the CHPs, and would register everybody. Once everybody is registered, we can now confront the issue of whether it is working or not. That is one area that I thought its confrontation was correct. Another area that the President confronted was education, CBC and employment of teachers which I thought was very good but we are now challenged with promotions. The issue of the 45,000 teachers not getting promotions was because of a letter by the Cabinet Secretary of National Treasury and Economic Planning which is blocking the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) from using the monies they have in Appropriations in Aid (A-in-A). I ask this House to ask the Cabinet Secretary to allow the TSC to promote these teachers. With those many remarks, I commend the President for the good speech. Thank you."
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