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    "id": 645464,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/645464/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1309,
        "legal_name": "Leonard Kipkosgei Sang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I join my friends in thanking and congratulating the President on this very important State of the Nation Address. It was inspiring to Kenyans. The President did us so proud. The Jubilee Government is doing so well on the issue of infrastructure. The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has started. It is already somewhere. Once complete, it will improve our economy. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of roads, the Jubilee Government is finishing the programmes that the former Government started. The number of roads that have been done is high. Several kilometres are currently ongoing. I saw the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Transport and Infrastructure inspecting roads somewhere in Murang’a. I saw him telling one of the contractors to make sure the road is complete in time. This Government has done us proud. When you look at my Bureti Constituency, the Litein-Cheborgei-Kibugat Road has already started. It has reached Cheborgei. It will now start from Cheborgei to a place called Kibugat. The other road from Kapkatet to Sosit and Sebetet is also ongoing. The Government is doing well. On the issues of electricity, the President promised all schools will be connected to electricity before the end of this month. I confirm that apart from some few schools, most of the schools in my constituency and the entire country are connected to electricity. On connection fee, it has reduced to Kshs15,000. Customers are now lining up to pay. One of our colleagues was saying that even houses constructed with grass have electricity. On the issues of education, the Jubilee Government has done well. Capitation has increased. It is my hope that most children of Kenyans will access education. I was surprised when the President indicated that around 170,000 students cannot access secondary education due to lack of infrastructure. He impressed on us as Members of Parliament to make sure we construct a good number of classrooms through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) so that our students access education. With the construction of those classrooms and improvement of other infrastructure, a good number from our children from poor families will access education. They will improve on the issue of transition from primary to secondary education. With recruitment of more teachers, the quality of education in our public institutions is going to improve. I saw in the newspapers this morning that there is going to be recruitment of more teachers and their salaries improved. Once the Jubilee Government has done that, our teachers will be so happy and proud. All teachers are going to vote for Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta and Hon. William Ruto to run this country for another term come the year 2017. On health, the Government is improving. Unfortunately, my facility in Kapkatet District Hospital was left out. I know we are going to get this Managed Equipment Services Project with time. I know Kenyans are going to access healthcare wherever they live without spending much money. On research, we have a lot of research work done in the universities and it is not being consumed. With time and facilitation, things are going to improve once this research work is consumed. The Government is doing so well on devolution. The President handled the Opposition so well. When he looked at the blowers of the whistles who were in the Chamber, the President just smiled. That is composure. It is commendable. 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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