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    "id": 596197,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohammed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to thank my fellow Members for their hard work and good efforts in deliberating on issues affecting Kenyans. As Members of Parliament, we are doing a great job, both in Parliament and outside, to help Kenyans. That is why we look forward to meeting our constituents for 10 days, interact with them, look at the problems they are facing and represent them very well, although I am not very happy that some constituencies did not get the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) as expected. We are going back to our constituencies without the Constituencies Development Fund money. It would have been very good if we got the CDF funds, so that when we go on recess, we implement the projects as envisaged in the CDF projects plan and help needy Kenyans. I wish to thank the Almighty Allah for giving us this opportunity to deliberate on the issues affecting Kenyans. As a country, we are faced with a lot of challenges including the forecast El Nino, the examination leakages that we have been experiencing over the last few weeks and the teachers strike. These are issues which are affecting our country. We pray to Allah that He eases some of these burdens and guides us into the right path. I also wish to note that we are a bit worried from the forecast of the weatherman. Right now, it is dry in many parts of this country. Farmers, pastoralists and nomads have prepared themselves for the heavy downpour of the El Nino . We are a bit worried by what is happening. Was the weatherman’s forecast incorrect? Were we misled, or is the El Nino still to come? All the same, we pray for the best from Allah. We are faced with some tough economic problems in this country. The National Treasury is experiencing problems with funding the county governments. There is a cash crunch all over the country. We also hope that this will ease. I also wish to join my fellow colleagues of Parliament in calling for prayers. We support the prayers for all our compatriots - Arap Sang’ and the Deputy President - who are both facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). We pray that Allah helps them. We pray that they surmount this problem that they have been faced with. I do not think they are guilty. They are just Kenyans who are doing the right job. I pray that God helps them in defeating those who want to put them into problems. Finally, I wish all KCSE and KCPE candidates success in their examinations."
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