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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Simba",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Simba Arati",
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    "content": "Therefore, this business of the President coming here and telling us that he is going to do a standard gauge railway from Mombasa--- We know that hon. Keter has an answer to that. On the laptops project, a committee has an answer for Kaimenyi; we know very well that this is a corrupt process. Even with the insecurity that we are experiencing in this country, the President did not address it. He only went round and round and, indeed, addressed the country in terms of what they are doing, just the cosmetic part of it. My colleague who spoke before me has just said that neighbouring countries--- We share with them our army in Somalia. Why is it that we are affected by Al Shabaab ? Let the President tell us the truth; what is happening with security in this country? He should not come here just as if we are dining and dancing in terms of the security of this country. It is unfortunate that the President cannot address the issues which are affecting the common mwanachi . He spoke about VAT, and said flour prices have gone down, but we know very well that milk, which comes from his own farm, goes for around Kshs.50. ( Laughter ) Let us be realistic and this is the only way we can help this country; the President has to be realistic too. He swore to discharge his duties in terms of serving this country, which he is not doing. I want to point out two other things. It is a planned and calculated move for the President not to respect the law and the Constitution. Indeed, he has retained Provincial Commissioners (PCs,) District Commissioners (DCs) and chiefs for purposes of 2017. The only way we can address the wage bill problem is for the President to accept to integrate DCs and chiefs into the county government and they serve there. That is the only time we will know that the President is serious with addressing the issues in this country. It was unfortunate for him to waste a whole evening addressing the country on empty promises. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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