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    "speaker_name": "The Member for Funyula",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Nyongesa): Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Let me start by congratulating you for being elected the Deputy Speaker of this House. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank the people of Funyula for giving me a second term to continue presiding over Funyula as their CEO and Member of Parliament. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to commend the President for a good Address. Of course, the Presidential Address is good and has good intentions. However, we also know that without translating those good intentions to results, they will not reform this country, or give us the outcomes that we require as a country. The President talked about unlocking the human resource potential and capacity of Kenyans to make them more productive through training, improvement of academic standards in school and skill development. As I said, these are just good intentions, which have been seen before. The President needs to do first things first. I want to joint those colleagues of mine who said that it is actually good to give computers to our children, but it is equally important for the President to give us a clear roadmap on what needs to be done first, so that this IT technology can contribute towards what we want to achieve in this country. We need to see electricity and teachers in schools. We need a clear programme of how that is going to be done, so that once these young children are given computers, we know that it is something that will make this country better. We do not want them to be items which will be kept in shelves after a short"
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