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    "speaker_name": "Hon. David Mwalika Mboni",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kitui Rural",
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        "legal_name": "David Mwalika Mboni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I came here through Chama cha Uzalendo (CCU) and I am the only Member from that party in this august House. First, I would like to thank the people of Kitui Rural for electing me to this House and I promise to offer them all the services they need. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the President for his Speech. One thing I picked from it is peace. As you are all aware, peace is very important for sustainable development. If you recall, after the elections in 2007, there was a lot of loss of lives and Kenyans suffered. The economic growth dropped to minus one and the levels of poverty went up. In this country, we are facing a lot of challenges. For instance, unemployment among the youth, food insecurity and, of course, bad roads. It is up to us, as leaders, to maintain peace so that we address most of these challenges. I want to urge Members to come up with good laws which will enable the private sector to do business. It is the private sector which creates employment. Where I come from, we have not received rains for quite some time now and we are facing serious challenges of drought. I will initiate a Bill on issues of drought because I feel in my area we need to introduce a school feeding programme so that our children can attend school without hunger. Water is a very big challenge and we need to address that also. Water is a big challenge and we need to address this. With those few remarks, thank you very much. I was feeling that I would be the last one. I thought you had forgotten me but at least I can see there are two, three or four people. Next time also look at the left side. I think you are concentrating so much on the right side."
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