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    "content": "I have to say that this is a wonderful statement but we want to see more being done in fighting corruption. This is not enough and as the President is calls out for the Government officials to demonstrate integrity, I believe that the call should be for the whole nation. We need a paradigm shift when it comes to ethics of Kenyans for corruption is deeply entrenched. It is not just the Government officials who are corrupt so I would have loved to hear the President reach out further when it comes to tackling corruption. When it comes to unemployment, in this House, we have heard the statistics, and the President in his speech says:- ‘If we were to create the jobs for which Kenyans long, we need investment. When I took office in 2013, my administration promised and delivered in many instances, the most aggressive surge of infrastructure development in Kenya’s history’. I have to say that in as much as there is a lot of infrastructure development going on, we still see a huge rise in unemployment. We have a lot of youths languishing in our counties and the cities where we see a lot of youths hanging around. We have seen a surge in the number of street boys which leads to insecurity. The issue of unemployment is far from being solved and we are looking forward to see what the Government is going to do about this because the youth are the future and they need to be engaged fully. When it comes to healthcare, we appreciate that the Government is looking forward to implement universal healthcare. We have achieved universal healthcare in Makueni County. National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) needs to be further spread so as to have more members from the counties registering with it. When Makueni held the universal health care conference, we missed the President’s presence for we would have wanted him to come as a champion of this. It has been done in Makueni and we believe that it can be done in the country. We are looking forward to see the commitment to the universal health care. I acknowledge the achievements that were highlighted in the speech and in as much as the President is looking to leaving a legacy in the next five years, we are hoping that his speech is not just words but a ground work that will lead to a prosperous and modern nation. We are looking forward to seeing how the Government is going to roll out its big four agenda."
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