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    "id": 896308,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the President’s Speech, which he delivered early this month. I strongly support what the President said with reservations and, more so, because he was just fulfilling his constitutional mandate of coming to Parliament to tell us about the state of the nation as it appertains to security, development and many other issues. The President usually has good intentions when he talks about issues and brings to the national domain, what he intends to do for this country. In this country, we have a problem with regard to the implementers of policies, resolutions and activities meant to develop and govern this country. The foot soldiers of the President - that is his Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, County Executive Committees (CECs) and others - are letting him down. There are very many issues which he addressed on that day. He said many projects had been fulfilled and programs implemented. But when you go to the ground, you do not see anything happening. During the campaign period, when the President and Deputy President were criss-crossing this country, they gave many promises and hopes to the people. They told them what they will do. In my own constituency, Igembe Central, he promised to build roads. He even talked to CS Macharia who was told to act on the 16-kilometre road. But the same tone which gave promises said that the programme should stop. The buck stops with the MP who is on the ground because he is always challenged for not getting to the President to fulfil his promise. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}