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    "content": "start their projects afresh instead of continuing with the previous Government’s projects. I am surprised that the Jubilee Government has forgotten about Vision 2030. The Government does not even talk about it. We are being told about the Jubilee programmes. The Kibaki regime started very effectively on the road towards Vision 2030. It is very important for successive governments to pick up with positive aspects of previous governments instead of waking up one day to start fresh programmes. This is an act of corruption. We need to follow effectively projects which started on a right path. I did not hear the President talk about the steps that were attained during the transition stage. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, conspicuously missing from the President’s Speech was the issue of unemployment. I did not hear anything, in the whole Speech, about unemployment; which is a time bomb in this country. That is an issue which needs to be addressed subsequently so that the youth who are almost 70 per cent of the populace in this country can be assured of the way forward and the mechanisms that have been put in place by the Jubilee Government to address the situation. On education, the President talked about the mechanisms taken regarding the Free Primary Education (FPE) programme and all the other issues. However, most principals stick to the old fees structures. The principals and the union of teachers are adamant. The President did not come out clearly on this. We want, in the subsequent addresses to this nation, to be told exactly what is being done in the education sector. We do not have to hear about promises for the sake of it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of per capita income vis-à-vis the growth of the economy is not felt by the lower cadres. Maybe a few who are rich in this country are enjoying the facilities and developments. My friend who is not here said that the fact that most people wear shoes is a show of growth. I do not think that is a sign of growth . The"
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