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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Njoro, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charity Chepkwony",
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    "content": " Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for this moment you have granted me so that I can make my contribution in relation to the State of the Nation Address by our able President, William Samuel Ruto. The most impressive point in the President’s Address is the matter of food security. This country has gone through a lot of challenges. When the President took over this government and made sure that there was a decrease in the prices of fertilisers, it assisted farmers on the ground. Most of farmers have confessed to having high production of food in their farms. We are now expecting the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to assist them to get even better prices for their farm produce. Another main point that His Excellency the President raised in this Parliament was unemployment. This is a big and thorny issue in relation to the youths in this country. I find it very encouraging that His Excellency the President went beyond this nation and made a lot of partnerships with different countries. He found many jobs outside the country. It has motivated us as single constituency Members of Parliament because in our respective constituencies, we have had a lot of short courses. We also have Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes where we have trained many youths. We appreciate the overseas jobs which His Excellency the President has found in different countries. We are now seeing the fruit. Yesterday, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection, Dr Mutua, was in Nakuru County. Many beneficiaries may be coming from my constituency, Njoro, because I had trained many youths in short courses. To encourage more youths, we appreciate the action by His Excellency the President to ensure that we have an increment on employment of teachers. There is a big baggage of many trained but unemployed teachers in this country. This is a thorny issue. Therefore, we appreciate the President’s action. So far, we have over 56,000 teachers who are already employed. We expect 20,000 teachers to be employed in January, 2025. On job creation, we appreciate the creation of jobs outside the country. We challenge the National Employment Authority to ensure that the poor youths are not burdened by employment agencies. The President also raised the point on public universities, which I appreciate. We have a lot of challenges. Most universities have undergone a lot of challenges. Some institutions are dead. I appreciate it because one of the beneficiary institutions is Egerton University, which is in my constituency. Lastly, I expected the President to speak on climate change, but it was forgotten. He is the head of all Heads of State in Africa in championing climate change. Kenya is at the forefront on climate change matters. His Excellency the President is the champion of climate change matters. I expected that point to be appreciated in his Speech. His absence in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) was felt by everyone. He has played a great role globally in climate change matters."
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