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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "He never said anything. State House never talked. We have been speaking out there and saying that if GEMA and KAMATUSA are allowed, the next thing will be that we will have the Akamba people, the Luhya people and the Luo people meeting to endorse presidential candidates. What will happen to those of us who come from smaller tribes? Are we not part of this nation? Is the President not supposed to protect all of us? It was disappointing that State House refused to talk about this issue. When he came to this House, he did not touch the core. When you say that political parties should have a political outlook, you have not said that we do not want tribal meetings in this country. We must say the truth and live by the truth. This is wrong and the only person who can put a stop to this is the Head of State. That is my third issue. The President talked about economic development saying that we have hit 7 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. However, in a State of the Union Address, we do not want generalities. We would like to see the employment figures. Every time you go to the constituency or walk even in constituencies which are not yours but you are known, the one thing that is obviously there is unemployment right in the face of your walk. The employment figures were lacking. Why and yet you talk about economic development of 7 per cent and all those beautiful high sounding words from Treasury and yet, people are unemployed? People are unable to support their families. We expected more from that Speech. He should have told us that: “There are these problems and we have these plans to solve them in the next few months.” The President could have said: “These are the unemployment figures which we have and my plans for the next few months are to increase the employment to this number through this programme.” That is what we want to hear. Do not tell us that the economy has grown by 7 per cent. What does that mean to those boys in Garsen? That Speech lacked in material aspect."
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