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    "content": "during the State of the Nation Address that he has achieved a lot within a short time. I have not heard anyone else claiming such a responsibility. It is true that within three years, he has had the SGR project commenced. He has also started many road networks. It is true we can see a lot of road projects going on. Since we travel around in this country, we observe a lot of projects on course. We see the level of devolution and how it is benefiting the people in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, nobody should tell us that the President’s Speech was a waste of time and should not have taken place. I remind the Members that every country has its pride and history. Every time we visit countries in South East Asia, the first thing we hear is that our country used to be at the same level as Korea, Malaysia and Hong Kong,yet these countries are now ahead of us. That is the story we hear when we are in South East Asia. Nobody wishes to find out why such countries are ahead of us. Why can we not do what the South Asia countries did? Why are they currently referred to as the tigers? This is something we should address. When we want to address it, some people say we are wasting time yet it is not true. We need to come down and crack the whip. This country is ours and we should not run away from our responsibilities as the elected representatives. We are Senators - for that matter the Senate is a House of record - elected to inform the electorate what the Government is doing. In the Speech, the President pointed out that he was short of words every time he remembers that the Cabinet is suffering because of his crackdown on corruption last year. Some of the Cabinet Secretaries have been sacked and others prosecuted. We have never seen this happen before. We shall one day acknowledge the fact that that we had a Government of President Uhuru and his Deputy President Ruto that saw a lot of developments. This is true and I do not understand why there are doubting Thomases. Those who doubt should continue doubting and those supporting the Government should press on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we support the SGR project. If we do not do this, what else should we do? Do they want us to sit and wait for heaven to come down? When these projects are complete, we shall reap the fruits. We are currently reaping the fruits of a railway which was constructed in 1894. That is the railway that made Kenya a colony and Uganda a protectorate. Through this, the British had to come here and occupy our country. The same thing is likely to happen when the SGR is completed. Through this, we shall generate a lot of revenue because of the many activities like agriculture and other industries along the railway line and many linear development projects. Therefore, this is true because we are a developing country in East Africa. We should be compared to Malaysia, Hong Kong and Korea among others."
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