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    "id": 440224,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, agricultural transformation, which is the second pillar of Vision 2030, is very important. The aims of our National Vision 2030 are very noble. But I have always maintained that it is not possible to be a middle-income economy when our people still hold out begging bowls every year. The scenes that we are witnessing, for instance in Baringo, should really not be there for a country that has been independent for over 50 years. The third pillar of Vision 2030 is transport logistics, energy and water. At Independence, this country had very noble, very achievable and very realistic course – the fight against poverty, ignorance and disease. It is common knowledge that if we can be able to achieve even one of those goals say, provide clean drinking water to our people, we will be on our way to fighting diseases. Hon. Speaker, again, it is disheartening to note that even as we aim at increasing energy production in our country to 5,000 megawatts within the next 40 months, electricity is becoming unaffordable to most Kenyans. The two should go hand-in-hand. We cannot be producing more energy when there are fewer people who can afford it. This is important. But, more fundamentally under this pillar, the issue of efficient urban transportation is key to economic growth. It is very discouraging that somebody who lives as near as Jamhuri Estate in Nairobi, which is hardly six kilometres from the City Centre, sometimes takes longer to reach the City Centre than somebody flying from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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