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    "id": 535390,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ndiege",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2844,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Obiero Ndiege",
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    "content": "It is the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) which did not do its work well. I was expecting the EACC to bring us a list of at least 20 people they have investigated and finalized cases. If they bring us a statement which is not digested, I feel it is not good mentioning people. Next time, this thing should be thoroughly investigated before it is brought to Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to thank the President. In my constituency in the last two years, we only had about five primary schools with power but today I can say here that we have about 50 primary schools already connected to power. This is an improvement and I have to thank the President for this good work and if we can continue like this, I believe we are going somewhere as a country. On the issue of security, this country belongs to all of us and if we can work together and assist the President in curbing insecurity, we will have a very good country. When we talk about terrorism, Al Shabaab, cattle rustling and small arms being in the hands of some people, it is unfortunate. We would wish that the arms in the wrong hands are taken and the people concerned arrested especially in the northern parts of Kenya. If the President can concentrate his energy to these places, we can have a good country. We have so many youth in this country who are not employed. I was expecting the President to bring us a very good roadmap of how these youth can be employed. There are some industries like Kisumu Cotton Millers and Eldoret Textiles which employed so many Kenyans in the past. If we cannot revive these industries, where are these Kenyans going to get employment? We have so many students graduating from the university and we have to look for ways of absolving them. When the sugar, maize and tobacco sectors are failing, where are we going to get jobs for these young people? I feel that the President should also look into these issues. The sugar cartels---"
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