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    "id": 1504265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kapenguria, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chumel",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me time to contribute. I want to sincerely thank the President, as a person, because I have known him for a long time and we have worked together. He is someone who is committed to ensuring that human beings, especially Kenyans, benefit and improve their lifestyles. However, I have a problem with those people who are supposed to assist the President in realising the objectives that Kenyans are striving for, and hoping to benefit from. For example, you have mentioned coffee in Trans-Nzoia. If you look at what is happening now in Trans- Nzoia, especially with regard to the land issue, you will find that there is a lot of corruption and cartels within the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. They are selling land, day and night. I do not know where they get some of the title deeds they are giving to people yet they are civil servants who are paid by the taxes collected from Kenyans. They are not seeing that. We ask the President to deal with these people. Just like you, Hon. Speaker, and your team in this Parliament, there are many sincere Kenyans who wish to work for Kenyans and help Kenya. There was a time hundreds of Members were fighting in this Parliament. However, everything has been running smoothly since you became the Speaker. Because of your leadership, Members can stay in Parliament up to midnight without any problem. It is not for any other thing. I urge all Committees, their Chairs, and the leadership of this House—especially those who are close to the President—to be bold enough and tell the President the truth. He has to get rid of these people and get the right people who can work. I do not say that all Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries are weak. Some like those in the Ministry of Interior and National Administration are working really hard. Those of us who come from the North Rift can now say there is peace. These people work without problems day and night. They go to the people and listen to them. The people there assist them to troubleshoot problems for solutions. They identify places and corners with problems. Things move. I have read the President’s Speech from the first page to the last. It is brilliant yet no fruits come from there because some people around the President just talk and do not help. Let me hope something good comes out of it. Let me stop there."
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