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    "id": 897004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "been properly covered by my colleagues although I am a bit astounded that I have seen most of my colleagues, more so those on the other side, trying to make the President’s Speech look as if it is part of the much publicised handshake. The President’s Speech was very good because it touched on the various basic needs of this country. He talked about the four pillars of his agenda and addressed them properly. If the four pillars are supported by this House and by the country, they will go a long way in alleviating the suffering of many Kenyans. Kenyans are on a collision course with themselves. We are sitting on a dynamite called unemployment. Young boys and girls who have gone to school and attained degrees are helpless and hopeless because they cannot get jobs. If somebody is talking about creating manufacturing industries with a view of getting the young people absorbed in employment and a sensible Member of Parliament wants to wake up several years after Independence and oppose that, that is wrong. The President touched on many issues, but if there is one issue that has elicited the attention of many Members, it is the word “corruption”. I do not know if we should now change our Constitution and make corruption a legal practice in this country. Corruption has eaten into the fabric of this country such that our boys cannot get employed because the factories where they can work, which were started by their founding fathers have been brought down. President Jomo Kenyatta created the factories in order to mitigate against urban migration and to empower locals. He made efforts to put factories in almost every district or sub-county, but unscrupulous managers made sure that these factories were brought down through wanton destruction and pilferage. More than 50 years after Independence, people want us to say that we should still be onlookers, cheerleaders or people who are stealing public funds. We know them. People know what I own today. If tomorrow I start flying choppers and I have several vehicles in my compound, I am buying hotels and businesses from foreigners just like that, people will start wondering aloud where I am getting the money. We start suspecting. We want the investigative agencies to be invigorated, so that they can investigate these people to know the source of their wealth. Then some leaders who have been elected by people to look after their interests, wake up in their houses and talk about “selective amnesia.” How do you know that the people are doing selective investigations until the cases have been taken to court and the court has proved that the people are not guilty? I think we need to give the investigative agencies time and support so that we can know who is corrupt and who is not. We need to support the President because this corruption is like cancer. It will eat into everybody in this country. We are not happy about it. It must come to an end. In this case, we will support His Excellency the President. I conclude by saying that the handshake is a long-term project of the President. It is going to bring order and sense back to this country. It should not worry anybody. I am wondering whether God told somebody that he must lead this country. We had elections and we know who was elected. We are going to have elections in 2022. After the elections, we expect the president and his government to steer the country into a favourable economic path. The President is doing his best. We only want to say that those who purport to support the President, more so those in the Jubilee Party, must follow the President. If I was the President, I would ask them: “What irks you if Jubilee gets some supporters from the other side to support you?” What is itching that is being felt by some Jubilee supporters, more so, those who are in congregations on Sundays called tangatanga ? When they hear of the handshake and the BBI, they think that somebody is coming to…"
}