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    "id": 1502233,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make my submissions on the State of the Nation Address by the Head of State. I agree with the President on some areas but disagree with him on certain areas. I agree with the President on the performance of the economy. Indeed, we have seen the shilling strengthening against major currencies. As a consequence, the cost of imported goods has dropped. We now have cheaper petroleum products and a stable economy. The President has done well on that account. On the police and disappearance of Kenyans, this House needs to investigate why we do not have an independent police commission. The Constitution says that police service is independent. It should not be under the direction of anybody, not even the President. However, Kenyans have in most cases had to look up to the President when cases of citizen disappearances arise. In my opinion, that is a failure on our part as Members of Parliament and the House. It is time we understood that and told the police that they are independent. They need to investigate these cases of abductions on their own and give us reports. This will ensure that we have a stable and secure country. I disagree with the President on the cancellation of one of the Adani contracts. Hon. Speaker, you were in my constituency over the weekend. You saw for yourself that we do not have stable electricity in my region. Electricity transmission lines are dead. Now that the Adani Solutions Energy Limited was set to fix this problem, Kenyans are raising questions about some of these projects. There was no need for the President to cancel them, especially the one on electricity transmission lines. The damage we suffer as people from the lake is enormous. Our youth cannot engage in activities like welding because there is no power. I really disagree with the President on that one. I would like to tell Kenyans that the former President, Uhuru Kenyatta, constructed the expressway singlehandedly. He never did any tender anywhere. Some people complained about it and some even went to court. However, Kenyans today are happy about the expressway. Everybody is using it. They are not even questioning how it was done. We need to go ahead and do some of these projects because they cannot wait any longer. The amount of losses we, as a people from the Nyanza region, incur because of weak supply of electricity is something which we cannot tolerate further. Sometimes the President needs to be courageous especially on that Adani contract on power transmission lines. I fault the President for cancelling that contract. It should have been allowed to go on because we need those services to serve our people. I have spoken about abductions."
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