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    "content": "agriculture in terms of maize and wheat production. One thing that I liked in the message by the President is about subsidising farm inputs. These are issues regarding fertilizers and seeds. The President promised to modernise agriculture through improved financing and irrigation research development. This will eventually stop the issue regarding food insecurity in this country. I come from a city of champions, Uasin Gishu County. Up to today, we do not have even one stadium after producing wonderful champions, both in Kenya and outside Kenya. In his Address, the President talked about having five big stadia in Kenya. I know that we will be privileged to have one in Eldoret. This will ensure that we tap the talents of our athletes. The next issue is about education. There has been a habit by Government Education Officers to transform middle level colleges and polytechnics into universities without considering those who are already taking their courses. These are basically people who are undergoing their diploma and certificate courses. At the end of the day, all the systems are transformed and the students are called upon to start degree programmes. Those students who have been undertaking their diploma and certificate courses are left out. In his Address, the President said that he would stop this and ensure that middle level colleges and polytechnics are left to operate on their own to equip young people with the relevant technical skills and help them to play their part in developing their counties. The other issue is about unemployment. For a long time, youth unemployment has contributed to increased crime and drug abuse among other evils. The President, in his Address, promised to avail funds to young people. These are the funds that will be devolved to the counties and the loans that will be given to them. Among them is the Kshs6 billion which was meant for the Presidential run-off election which should be devolved to the counties and given to the youth as grants. A number of good issues were addressed in the President’s Speech. I want to inform hon. Senators of this House that the President may not have captured everything that we may have wanted. However, with the few things that are in the Speech, I would like to ask hon. Senators that we walk together in supporting these wonderful ideas of transforming Kenya. He commented and said, in his Speech, that the issue of devolution is in his heart and that he was willing and ready to work with this House to ensure that this is successful, so that we achieve all the issues of development in this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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