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    "id": 645447,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Amolo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Ameso Amolo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to speak on the President’s State of the Nation Speech. It is a requirement in our Constitution that the President has to address the Republic of Kenya. I will talk on corruption scandals and incompetence in our institutions. We needed to hear much more on issues of corruption. Yes, it is not the President who tells people to engage in corruption but he needed to address this issue so that the people being involved can be arrested so that they are out of our society. The other issue that I expected to hear from the President was the issue of the Kshs10 billion which should go to reparation. We need to see the regulations. We have not seen how that money is going to be regulated and distributed to the concerned community in our society. This is a very crucial issue which we cannot bury under the carpet. We need to address it. The President is the President of the Republic of Kenya. Most of the time we hear him say that he is the President of the Jubilee Government. That is what brings division in the country. When addressing the nation, he should refer to the Government as “My Government.” That gives him boldness to address the Government of Kenya. However, the minute he brings the words “Jubilee Government,” then he is leaving a section of Kenyans out of the Jubilee Government. It should be referred as “My Government.” That gives him 100 per cent ownership as the President of the Republic of Kenya. The other issue that we need to look at is the 27,000 jobs through the railway construction. However, on the other side, we have 600 workers from Kenya Airways who are being rendered jobless. It is an issue which comes because of corruption. People have eaten from all our institutions. When jobs are being created, we are losing jobs on the other side. The issue of security was not addressed, especially in Kakamega County. Every day, there are killings from sub-county to another. We need this issue to be addressed fully so that people in Kakamega can also live peacefully like any other Kenyans who are saying that security has been enhanced in their areas. When it comes to infrastructure, there is a road that comes from Kisumu to Webuye. This road has been constructed since the year 2010. To date, nothing has been happening on that road. For us to continue doing our business and move from one county to another, this road has to be looked at. We talk of the Jubilee Government. I am in the Opposition and all Opposition people pay taxes. That is why I am still emphasizing that the President should address this country as “My Government” so that the taxes from the Jubilee Government and those from the Opposition can all be put together in one basket to support this Government of Kenya. The education sector is a very crucial thing because it is the key that can bring change in our country. Our teachers are really suffering. To date, the teachers are still suffering because they are underpaid. We need to look at this issue. We have seen establishments like the Kenya National Examinations Council being brought down by corruption. Because of corruption, we have seen examinations being leaked out there. This brings down the standards of education in the country. 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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