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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Muriuki Ngare",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The President in his Address, enumerated a lot of progress which has happened in the last two years, among them, the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line, many highways and the amount of power in the country has been enhanced, over and above the cost coming down by 30 per cent. This is very commendable. Also, the per capita income has also gone up from around US$400 to over US$1,000. This is also commendable and shows that the Jubilee Government is doing a good job. The President and his team have a long way to go. Whereas we appreciate the progress achieved this far, a lot of this progress and the economic development does not seem to be reaching the grassroots. I am an ardent listener of the BBC programmes, in particular, the economist analyst which is aired every week. The last week’s programme in BBC had a very clear analysis of the world poverty status. Some 20 years ago, there were economic goals in the world and among them was to reduce the poverty levels by 50 per cent by the year 2017. By then, the figure quoted was that the people living below the poverty line, meaning below US$1.25 per day, were about 42 per cent of the citizens of the world. This percentage has gone down to 18 per cent two years ahead of time. The disaster is, in Africa, although the world poverty level has come down from 42 per cent to 18 per cent, the actual poor people have gone up. When you hear that particular analysis by the BBC, the analysist quoted Kenya and Tanzania as example of countries which are enjoying very good economic growth but the number of actual poor people has gone up. According to him, the real reason is the type and model of the development we are doing. This model is not carrying the citizenry along. Economic The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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