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    "id": 728771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okong’o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to air my views on the Presidential Speech which was read a couple of days ago. You are aware that I did not participate in that Joint Sitting after going through several Presidential Addresses. After listening to the issues raised by the President, I was vindicated. For the last four years, Kenyans have waited in bated breath for the Jubilee regime, headed by President Uhuru Kenyatta, to tackle issues which are fundamental and basic to their lives. For example, water, food and medical care. When I listened on the radio when doing my other errands, I realized that the President’s Speech was repetitive just like the over 70 speeches I had listened to. Therefore, the speech took away the constitutional right of the President to champion what he stood for. I never heard issues of corruption heavily dealt with in the speech other the President reading interim reports. I was surprised when the President, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, received interim reports and presented them to Kenyans as a catalogue of the achievements of his regime. I have heard the Jubilee regime talk about road infrastructure. I waited to be told the specific 7,000 kilometres of roads which were tarmacked. I have waited for a long time to hear which roads have been tarmacked. I expected that the President, in his address to the nation, to give specifics of the roads that have been tarmacked or earmarked for construction. For example, he would have told us that if you look at “A” and “B,” you would see that tarmac. I was surprised to listen to the President sing some song in Kiswahili where he said that the regime’s successes are to make sure that the people of Taita Taveta can sell their vegetables in Mombasa. I was surprised and vindicated that the speech was hollow. It did not highlight the challenges facing our people. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
}