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    "id": 1502240,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak on the State of the Nation address by His Excellency the President. This is a constitutional requirement the Constitution of Kenya 2010 requires of every President. On 21st of this month, the President came to the House and reported on three areas. One was the progress we have made on realising our national values. Two was the principles of governance. Three, the progress made in fulfilling our international obligations. The address by the President was very timely. It went on to explain how this country has made tremendous progress, especially on matters of national development. I would specifically like to talk about what is going on in this republic. One of the issues that came out very clearly is agriculture and satisfactory food production. I come from a region where we grow sugarcane, tea and coffee. It is the first time this country has had sufficient sugar production. This time the President has addressed issues facing sugarcane farmers through his policies. More importantly are production and fertiliser. The sugar mills are also now running across the country, especially public mills. One of the only things we need to do is pay workers’ arrears. I talk especially on behalf of the farmers in Chemelil and Muhoroni where there are high farmers' arrears. I also speak for the remaining few farmers who have not been paid their arrears, especially for cane deliveries. Universal health coverage is the other issue that touched us, especially SHA and SHIF. This will revolutionise healthcare. A nation's people carry out their activities well when properly treated and receive necessary medical care. We will manage to pay medical bills for the chronically ill and those with high medical bills through SHA. It will also stop these Members of Parliament from attending medical fundraisers or even being asked to pay for inpatients, especially in private facilities. I also laud the President especially for cancelling the Adani deal which the public had raised a number of issues. The deal might have been good. However, it was not procured clearly. Public participation was not clear. On this, the President listened to the public. He went on to explain that he listened to the people of Kenya as much as there might have been no serious issues on the Adani deals. Kenyans did not want them. In his address, the President showed that he is a listening leader. We should emulate him. Education is the other issue the President talked about. For the first time in this country, the education sector got a boost of 56,000 teachers. We had a shortage of 116,000 teachers. This administration employed 56,000 teachers at a go which is a remarkable achievement. We laud the Government for that."
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