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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 326,
        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the next thing I would like to talk about is the provision of free health care. In the minimum reforms, I want to propose that we enshrine in our Constitution, that this country provides free health care to every Kenyan. This country should also provide free education up to secondary school level. What benefits are the poor people of this country going to get from the minimum reforms unless we can provide these type of services that they deserve? As you know, we are going to provide a lot of money for minimum reforms but as they are today, they are a benefit only to the political elite. There is nothing there for the poor man of this country. If we look at security in this country, I cannot understand why we cannot stop the insecurity in Mt. Elgon, Kiambu or Tana River. We have agencies that we provide a lot of money for. For example, the National Security Intelligence Services (NSIS), this year, we are allocating Kshs5 billion for them. What is this money used for? Is it used to investigate foreigners or get intelligence about crisis in this country? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of agriculture - most of my time has been consumed by my friends - the tea sector is one sector which has never received any support from this Government. That is the one sector which has survived the destruction of the economy of this country over the years. I hope that the Minister, in the main Budget, will set aside some funding to expand our tea factories and even construct new ones so that they can take all our tea production. This will earn revenue for this country so that they can construct a road or provide water to Nyakach, for instance. They would also construct a road to Ndhiwa or give them cows that are tick- bitten so that they can rear them and get milk instead of losing grass. Finally, I would like to urge the Minister to create a rapport with hon. Members and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). That is the service that provides for the welfare of these hon. Members. It can give him good feedback as to how to handle this economy so that the growth of the economy which is being experienced can be realised throughout the country. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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