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    "id": 896626,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Butula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Oyula",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph H Maero Oyula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to comment on the Presidential Address. I want to start by echoing the President for a well-balanced Speech to the nation. The President covered all the areas that ought to have been covered. In no uncertain terms, he repeated that there is no turning back on fighting the enemies of Kenya, foreign or domestic. If I can be allowed to comment a little on foreign enemies, they are those briefcase contractors who come and deceive Kenyans and carry away huge sums of money. These foreign enemies are the cause of hiking of our external debt because they create a situation where the Government is meant to borrow and increase foreign debt. We should be very careful about the foreign briefcase contractors. If they are not registered as is required by law, the country should not allow them to carry out or participate in any contract. They are the worst enemies that we sometimes have in this country. They poison the domestic enemies. As the President said, there is no turning back on fighting all the enemies. We should take that seriously. I want to comment a little about the realisation of universal access to electricity by the year 2022. Some parts of our country are still lagging behind as far as electricity is concerned. Electricity is very important for development. If we have electricity supplied in our areas, you will find young men and women, who are looking for jobs, creating their own industries which will help them get employment. It will also reduce the movement of the unemployed from rural areas to towns. So, this statement by the President should be supported to ensure that all the corners of the country are supplied with electricity. Parliament should try as much as possible to support the President by ensuring that the allocation provided for electricity is adequate and not like it is now. So, it is important that the unemployed in the rural areas are trained and enabled to use power to create industries that will help them."
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