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    "content": "How does that translate to unga, sugar or even tea? This is for the bigwigs only; the people who have coffee plantations like the Senator of Nandi who is happy about these factors because this looks very good for him. This means nothing for ordinary Kenyans. The selling point for SGR was to reduce traffic on Mombasa Road for us not to have all the trucks. It was the investment of Kshs325 billion. Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Senators, Kshs500 million per kilometer was not supposed to increase passenger traffic, it was supposed to make sure that we have fewer trucks on Mombasa Road. Are we getting value for money? No, thank you! It is not happening and it is not as modern as it was supposed to be. The road network is the same. On the big four agenda, I will laud the President. In fact, I acknowledge Makueni for having its own version of universal healthcare. This is one factor. I want to end by saying that the President mentioned about all of us being affected in one way or the other by somebody who needs money. The Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) proposed that we build two regional cancer centres this financial year. We never passed it. Cancer is becoming worse than any other disease in Kenya. My fellow colleagues, let us not make a mockery of this. Please, say it as it is. Two regional cancer centres in Kenya are an issue. Last, the President should have talked about the flood situation in the country even if it called for amendment of this speech. He should have said that he sympathises with the people of Tana River, Makueni and Kwale because of the suffering they are going through as a result of floods. I would have liked to hear him say the Government has established an emergency fund or sent the National Youth Service (NYS) and the military to these places because people are suffering. There is nothing good about this nation when you look at the pictures that I saw on KTN on Tana River. By the time the floods are gone, there will be more diseases in Tana River than diseases themselves. It is a national crisis of monumental proportions. I am glad Sen. Sakaja and I have proposed a Disaster Management Bill. Trust me, this is the solution. We should tell the President to devolve disaster management because the people at the national level have failed. They have failed Kenyans. People are marooned in water. That is the correct status of the nation. On the handshake, you cannot have a referendum without reforming the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), if you are talking about devolution and the executive. If you want to amend little things, we can do it in Parliament, otherwise, Article 255 is clear."
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