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    "id": 1502554,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigor, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Lochakapong",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to contribute on the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President, which he delivered in this House last week. It met the expectations of Kenyans because in his Address, the President gave Kenyans hope. I listened to the President and the whole Government was here. Members of Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive were also present in this Chamber. The President told us that listening is our full-time work. As leaders, we must listen so as to make the right decisions, plans and programs that will positively have an impact on the Kenyans. I want to state a few positive things which were mentioned in the Address by the President. First, he indicated that the shilling has gained against the US$ and was trading at Ksh129 down from Ksh162. Secondly, inflation reduced from 9.6 per cent to 2.7 per cent. Thirdly, through his administration, 56,000 teachers have been employed. His Excellency the President also stated that 17 sugar factories are now up and running. That way, we have become sugar-sufficient. We sincerely need to commend the President for ensuring that, that has happened. In the fight against corruption, the President, through this administration, has embarked on a programme for digitising Government services. That is one way of eliminating corruption. We have moved from 350 Government services since his administration came into power to 20,850 services, which are now accessible through the digital platform. We sincerely need to commend his administration for doing that. Each arm of Government had its own share of comments from the President. Parliament was called out for delaying the Conflict of Interest Bill, which is before this House. The Judiciary was also called out because cases are taking forever. That needs to be looked into so that the dispensing of justice for corruption cases is done within the shortest time possible. On the cancellation of the Adani energy solutions procurement, the President directed the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works and the Ministry of Energy to cancel the procurement process at whatever stage it was. This was received very positively by Kenyans. I commend the President for listening to them. The National Treasury was also directed to ensure that e-procurement is working because they have been dragging their feet on it. Taifa Care will ensure that all Kenyans access health services. The President told Kenyans to register so as to benefit from its rollout. We need to support the President because he indicated that he has laid a firm foundation for this country. We now expect..."
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