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    "id": 535413,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "I have not. Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity that I have been waiting for since yesterday. I want to commend the President for his Address. It was eloquently put. However, the content needs to be highlighted in terms of the weaknesses that it has. The President started off with an apology. The apology is good because then you can reconcile with the people you have wronged. In his apology he did not demonstrate much in terms of how the people who were abused in the past will benefit. I know he has put aside Kshs10 billion. However, that is for this year. Is he going to sustain it? Is he going to set aside a similar amount next year? Are we going to have Kshs10 billion again and again? Victims of historical injustices are so many, spanning from 1963 to the present time. If people were to claim for the damages done to their lives, a colossal number of people would need that kind of money. So, the Kshs 10 billion should be factored in the budget every year to cover the number of people that have been violated or those who have been killed through various political assassinations, people who have been displaced as a result of post-election violence or massacres. So many people need to benefit from this money and if we do not watch out, this money is not going to cover the interests of so many people who have suffered historical injustices. Secondly, on education the President did not highlight the challenges he faces in as far as education is concerned. He only talked about schools that have been connected to the electricity grid. He talked about free education and only the good things. He never mentioned the laptops that he has failed to get which was his first flagship project for the President. When we told him as the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology in this House that, that was a very difficult project he just never listened. Up to now the laptops have never seen the light of day."
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