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    "id": 645319,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to laud the President’s Address. I decided to sit where I sat on the day he gave his Address for fresher memories. I want to note with appreciation the charisma, statesmanship and tolerance the President showed as he addressed Kenyans despite the infamous firimbi movement activities that happened in the House that day. I want to note that the State of the Nation Address was not a contest between Jubilee and CORD. It was an Address to the whole nation and the issues that were addressed concern all of us. Allow me to comment on what Hon. Mbadi has just said. He said that he has not seen anywhere in the country where the alleged money for roads may have gone. Out of the 10,000 Kilometres that the Jubilee Government said it did, I was amazed to see the road from Kitale- Kiminini-Bungoma. I have never seen that kind of road under construction in Kenya. That is good enough to show that the President is working for the whole nation. He would not construct such a road in a CORD zone if he was not committed to deliver the promise he made to Kenyans. Still on that, I am one of the living examples of those who have benefited from the road construction by the Jubilee Government. For the last 100 years, my local town had never seen a tarmac road, but today, we have about 10 kilometres of tarmac road in Chuka Town and its environs, courtesy of the Jubilee Government. The Government is working and the Address was on target as far as the improvement of the economy and infrastructure is concerned. Tarmac roads that have been constructed by county governments, for example, the road that has been constructed in Machakos County by Hon. Mutua and in Meru County by Hon. Munya, is the Jubilee Government’s effort. The money was allocated by the Jubilee Government in an effort to support the devolved system of governance. There is improvement in the education sector from what the previous Governments did. For the first time, school children can sit for exams. Previously, we had dropouts because school children would not sit for national examinations because they could not afford exam fees. The Jubilee Government has ensured that every pupil and student sits for national exams, without mentioning the famous laptop project. Most people think of the laptop project as the gadget, but it is a digital content improvement of education. In the laptop project, we have curriculum preparation, which has now been completed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). It cost a lot of money and takes and requires a lot of planning. The issue of the gadget, which can be a laptop, an iPad or a tablet is a small issue which has preoccupied most of Kenyans’ mind. People who want to win tenders have focused on the gadget without looking at the bigger picture of content provision. I want to say kudos to the Government for doing that. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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