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    "id": 1501728,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501728/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Karitho",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice to the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President. First, I wish to commend and support the President on this Speech. He came out strongly and articulated the issues affecting this country openly. He also faced the challenges head-on and enumerated how we will tackle them. I encourage leaders, especially us, the politicians, to avoid politicking matters development. There is no country that can develop unless it grows economically and strengthens its economic base. This is one area where the President has worked very well, especially on food programmes. A country that cannot sustain its own food stability cannot develop. That is why we support the President’s policy to subsidise production. That policy has succeeded because for the first time, we have enough food for our people and even surplus for export. This means that our economy base will be stronger. We have already realised this whereby the shilling has appreciated against the Dollar from Ksh168 to Ksh129. On the dairy sector, the President said that there is an allocation of Ksh3 billion to the New Kenya Cooperative Creameries Limited (KCC). I challenge the New KCC to make sure that these funds are well utilised and to remember our factories, for example, the Kangeta Dairy Factory, which only lacks sealing machines. This will ensure that farmers from all those areas, even from my home area of Igembe Central, can benefit from the funds. They should sell the milk directly to the factory instead of being handled by brokers. A country that is not healthy is not a wealthy one. The introduction of the Taifa Care and SHA to replace the ailing NHIF is a positive move to make sure that this country grows health wise. I challenge the institutions involved in the implementation of these policies to do them to the letter. I am happy the Government has taken a step to make sure that it is introduced to the grassroots and to educate our people on the importance of registering on Taifa Care so that they can benefit. We have huge challenges especially on raising funds for assisting our people to undergo treatment. Having an agency that can take care of these bills is a welcome"
}