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    "id": 896247,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Mwashako Mwakuwona",
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    "content": "am excited that they are here this Morning. I also I have the top ten students in their respective classes in Werugha and Kishushe schools. They are here with us. So, we have 75 students witnessing what is happening in the National Assembly today. Therefore, I am an excited Member of Parliament today. The President was clear that he will strive to remain faithful to his constitutional call as the President of this country. He committed that he will not look back given the confidence that the citizens have bestowed on him. It was a good thing that the President spoke in this House. I want to highlight a few things. One, the President talked candidly about the infrastructural programme and how many we have been able to upgrade in terms of the road network in this country to bitumen standards. We know, for sure, that there is progress that has been made since His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta became the President of this country. However, it is important that those people around him and the leadership of this House help the President to fulfill the pledges he made to this country. Recently, I was speaking about a road that the President launched in 2017 in my county. It starts from Bura to Mghange, Wundanyi, Mbale and connects Mwatate-Voi Road. A contractor came to the site, but to date, we have not seen any progress on that road. That means that there are people around the President who are not helping him realise the pledges he made to this country. The pledges are known all over the country and people are asking themselves: “What has happened?” If the President has committed to do something and the same does not happen, it means that we do not take seriously the commitments that he has made. This also applies to the airports that the President spoke about. He spoke about upgrading them. We have many airstrips in this country. For example, there is Ikanga Airstrip in Voi where money has been pumped into for years but, to date, it is 10 per cent shy of being completed. It is now three years down the line and nothing has been done. When the President talks about the Big Four Agenda, we get excited. It is now remaining two to three years for him to exit the stage. If people around him, this Parliament and the Executive do not help him achieve the Big Four Agenda, they will remain a pipe dream. He may not go anywhere. The President talked about the livelihoods that have been improved since he took over power. It is unfortunate that we have programmes and projects that have been earmarked and financing contracts that have been signed but we do not see anything happening to that effect. For example, with regard to Mzima Springs II Water Project, the President has spoken about it more than two times. The water that will come from Mzima will be supplied to the entire region of Taita Taveta; that is Mwatate, Voi and Wundanyi. Later, it will be supplied to Mombasa and Kilifi counties. We know that the financing agreements have been executed but we are wondering what is happening to the country. The President has made a big commitment – and this is a Kshs30 billion project – but nothing has happened. As I conclude…"
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