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    "id": 351353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kemei",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Sigowet/Soin",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Justice Kipsang Kemei",
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    "content": "I want to raise three issues on the President’s Speech. First of all, I have full confidence in President Uhuru Kenyatta and what he speaks, I am sure, is what he means and he will walk the talk. On the issue of transparency, I must say that in the previous Governments, we witnessed a situation where there was no transparency in our country. I believe the President will take the opportunity to reign in the Executive and make sure that the citizens of this country have access to information whenever they need it and at whatever cost as per the Constitution. Secondly, I must thank the President for the Statement on devolution. We were getting worried the other day that the County Commissioners and the Governors were in conflict. The Constitution recognizes devolution and we must give every support to the governors to run the counties as per the Constitution. The third issue that I noted in the President’s Speech concerns local content in our television stations. I am a journalist by training and when we increase local content in our television stations and the media in general from 40 per cent to 60 per cent, we shall be stopping the current urge to get soap operas from South America, West Africa and Nigeria in particular. On the issue that was raised by hon. Keynan, we must use the challenge posed by floods to create opportunities for irrigation and water supply. At the moment, four bridges in my constituency have been swept away by the current heavy rains. Four days ago, somebody was swept away and as at last night, he had not been found. The people are searching for him down to Sondu Miriu Dam. I hope, for the first time, we will harness rain water and floods in particular, for purposes of utilizing the water for improving our food production. The last one is stocking our health centres. If you go to any health centre in this country, you will find that there are no drugs. Our people go there and some of them die because of unavailability of drugs. The President should ensure that all the health centres and dispensaries in this country are stocked to the level that we will not witness unnecessary deaths. Finally, I have to cross through two constituencies to get to the other side of my constituency. I have to cross through Nyando and Muhoroni to get to one side and Belgut and Ainamoi to get to another part of the constituency. I wish to request the Government to tarmac the road from Sigowet/Soin all the way to Kipsitet and Setuwet, so that our people have better means of communication."
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