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    "id": 1502468,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to air my views about the President's Speech. This was one of the best speeches that the President has given since he was sworn into office. It is a plus for him to listen to the people. Even the Bible says that two people cannot walk together unless they agree. The President has started agreeing with the common mwananchi - the Kenyans. We have started a discussion. That is why he was even able to invite some young people, the church, and opinion leaders to speak to them, so that we can be on the same wavelength. In his conclusion, he said that he would continue to listen to them. That means that he wants to move with them as he governs this country. He wants to know what is ailing the people he is leading. That is a plus, as I have said before. I have seen the best model for funding universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs) institutions. This year alone, I have seen growth in the TVET in my constituency, which I started in 2018, after I came into office in 2017. I only had 500 students for five years. But this year alone, because of that funding model, the number of students who have enrolled in that TVET is now almost six times the usual number. There are 3,120 students. That means that there is something good that is happening in the education funding. Every child can go to school and the Government can pay for them and train teachers. We only had 10 teachers, but I currently have over 30 teachers who have been posted by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). At the end of it all, we will train young people who will be skilled enough to even start their own companies because they are learning technical skills which they can use once they graduate from the college. Again, job opportunities are opening up overseas in countries like Canada, Qatar, United Kingdom and Germany, where the Government has even signed some agreements. For example, in September, we saw very long queues at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), where young people were filling in forms to apply for those jobs. Some of them have been taken. One of them sent me a message two days ago stating that he flew to Qatar and had already got the job. This is someone who has been staying in this country and trained about four years ago, but had never got a job. But now he has one. What a joy for the parents who spent money to send their children to school and are now seeing them getting employed. So, on that, we say thank you very much to the President. In conclusion, I would like to say that Taifa Care and SHA are the game-changers. That is because everybody in this country will have a card to go and be treated in hospitals without paying any money. Even the poor in our constituencies will be treated. For example, I have been paying for 560 vulnerable and old people…"
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