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    "id": 1502435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Emathe",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I want to congratulate the President for his Speech on the State of the Nation. It is one of the best speeches I have ever listened to. I got a lot of content, either because I am a first-time Member of Parliament or because when I listened even to the other speeches before, this was the best. At the outset, let me start by saying that the President spoke deeply on the Bill of Rights as enshrined under Article 43. The Bill of Rights is justiciable, meaning that anyone can take the Government to court when a Bill of Rights is not addressed. Under Article 21(2) of the Constitution, the Government has an obligation to ensure that, that is addressed. Statistics show that Kenya is not doing well, under this Bill of Rights. If you look at a Report by the World Bank in 2023, it states that 32.1 per cent of the Kenyan population lives below the international poverty line of $1.9 per day. A Report by United Nation (UN) also says 4.4 million people were faced with acute food insecurity in 2023 due to prolonged drought. Last year, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) gave a deficit of two million housing units with an annual demand of 250,000 units. We only gave a supply of 50,000 housing units. I do not want to speak on health. It is hard to learn that 66.7 years is given as our life expectancy by the World Bank. I do not want to dwell so much on that When I listened to the President’s Speech in paragraph 71 and 72, he mentioned listening and learning. The tone in itself was very positive for us to grow as a country. Members have spoken about subsidising production. I do not want to dwell so much on that. It is spectacular to see 17 sugar factories roaring and coming back to life, thus improving the livelihood of our people. I was in Kericho and I was told that in a week, Ksh90 million is dispensed to sugar farmers there. That is positive. I do not want to talk about Taifa Care, which should be called ‘Ruto Care’. This House is discussing the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill and, as a result of Taifa Care, we will achieve something. In conclusion, President Ruto is a great leader. As a country, we are working from a comfort zone to meet the dividends of development. We are in the right trajectory because this road was not taken before, but the President choose to take it. All the other manifestos were speaking about housing and universal health care – but even the Jubilee Government was unable to deliver on this…"
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