{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148352","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148350","results":[{"id":1501702,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501702/?format=json","text_counter":182,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Luanda, DAP-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Dick Oyugi","speaker":null,"content":"One issue that has become of concern of late is femicide that has taken place in our country. We are in a situation in our country where people no longer have respect to life. People no longer have respect to human life, more so human blood. People are being slaughtered like chicken; people are being killed left, right and centre. When the President talked about femicide, I wish he expanded it to other areas."},{"id":1501703,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501703/?format=json","text_counter":183,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Luanda, DAP-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Dick Oyugi","speaker":null,"content":"I come from a region where we have had serious issues of insecurity of late. People have been cut with pangas and shokas . Some have even been shot. I wonder what has become of us as a nation because people no longer have respect to human life. As the President talked about femicide and the insecurity we have, I wish it involved the other insecurities we face as a country. Maybe he should have directed the necessary agencies in the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to move deeper and find out the root cause of the insecurities we have. An example is the serious violence that has taken place in my area of Luanda over the last two weeks or so. All this has to do with insecurity. Therefore, I must applaud that but call for more action on insecurity. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is the Adani matter and our airport. It is a fact that our Kenyan airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) that we are so proud about, is not of great significance as compared to the others we see whenever we visit. It is true that Kenyans are yearning for a new airport. It is true that Kenyans would wish to have a state of the art airport that is commensurate to, or pairs well with other international airports. The person who was supposed to do the PPP is the matter at hand. That is the Adani deal. This is where Kenyans had an issue. I particularly had an issue with Adani because of the issues we have read, what we gathered before, and what has been said about Adani. Therefore, I must applaud the President for coming out strongly and agreeing with Kenyans that the Adani tender or PPP should be cancelled. That was a great thing to me. I believe we can have a new person do the PPP. Lastly, I must confess that I have not been very keen on the SHA or SHIF issue. Recent testimonies from my people is that they are now beginning to appreciate what this scheme has. It is more inclusive and accommodative. I must say that I now have a deeper insight. As much as we passed the SHA law in this country, I did not support or even know it. I have found it more accommodative and inclusive."},{"id":1501704,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501704/?format=json","text_counter":184,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Hon. Hilary Kosgei."},{"id":1501705,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501705/?format=json","text_counter":185,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipkelion West, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Hilary Kosgei","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you for giving me this opportunity to record my thanks on the President’s Speech in the State of the Nation Address. It is important to know where we as a country came from. Everything was collapsing when the President took over this country. The economy was on its knees. Agriculture was on its knees. Every other sector was collapsing. What the President did was to first revive the economy. According to his speech, even Dollar reserves have risen from US$2.4 billion to US$9.4 billion. Inflation has come down from 8.7 per cent to 2.7 per cent. Generally, the economy is on good footing. This President is handling a task that is equivalent to what the late Hon. Mwai Kibaki handled when he took over the country. The late President Kibaki called upon Kenyans with “tulipe ushuru tujitegemee”. He rallied the country around Vision 2030. This President has laid the foundation. The cost of living has come down. Farmers are earning. The biased media has not stopped nagging the good progress we are making. The headline of The Standard Newspaper today is reporting that this Parliament is about to enact regulations to make farming very difficult. I want to tell The Standard Newspaper that farming is becoming more profitable. Seventeen sugar industries are being revived. We are in the next few years turning this country from a sugar-importing one to a sugar-exporting country. Things are moving well. The biased media will not report that companies like the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) known to be making losses are working. For the first time, under this"},{"id":1501706,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501706/?format=json","text_counter":186,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipkelion West, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Hilary Kosgei","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1501707,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501707/?format=json","text_counter":187,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipkelion West, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Hilary Kosgei","speaker":null,"content":"administration, companies that ran losses for several years have recently recorded profits of Ksh30 billion. The Kenya Airways known for losses throughout entire regimes has recorded over Ksh30 billion profit because of the stability that this President has put. These successes are laying foundation to conclude Vision 2030 and enter a new era dubbed Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, in which African governments are fighting to make sure their citizens enjoy good life by 2063. The Affordable Housing Programme is part of the work. We became happy about the nation and a new country when we got independence and forgot to plan our country. That is why Kenya has the largest slum in Eastern and Central Africa. This Affordable Housing Programme is based on a study by the World Bank. The study said that 65 per cent of Kenya will be urban by 2055. By starting the Affordable Housing Programme, the President is attempting to stop ‘a Kibera’ happening in the near future. The foundation of this nation has been well laid. I thank the President for speaking to the country candidly and telling the truth. We are making good progress towards a better country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1501708,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501708/?format=json","text_counter":188,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Hon. Christopher Aseka."},{"id":1501709,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501709/?format=json","text_counter":189,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Khwisero, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Christopher Wangaya","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. I also rise to join my colleagues in applauding the President’s State of the Nation Address. More particularly, I will dwell on one issue that is the state of the economy. The drop of inflation from 9.6 per cent to 2.7 per cent has occasioned a reduction in the cost of the basic commodities. I reside in Western Kenya where maize and ugali remain our staple foods. The price of a two-kilogramme packet of maize flour has reduced by 100 per cent. That is when we compare with the prices that were there a time like now in 2022. I also laud the economy of this nation for the resilience of the Kenya Shilling against the Dollar. We will pay our foreign obligations at a lower rate when our shilling is doing well against the dollar. That creates more fiscal space and more money that can be appropriated to development. Third is the recruitment of 46,000 Junior Secondary School teachers on permanent and pensionable terms. It has reduced burden in our schools that were recruiting teachers using much money from parents. That policy is a plus to the President. The change in strategy from consumption subsidy to production subsidy has really improved our food reserves. Irrespective of a few challenges here and there, we can take pride that this country is now food secure. We are happy that our National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has enough food that can easily sustain this nation. As we laud the President for his Address, we need to appreciate that there are challenges in the recruitment and onboarding of Kenyans on the SHIF and SHA programmes. It is our onus, as Members of the Parliament, Members of the County Assemblies and all the leaders, to wake up and mobilise our people. We should ensure that all of them are registered and onboarded onto this programme. The challenge we have is that infrastructure in our Level 2 and Level 3 hospitals does not match the demand from the public. There are no basic drugs and equipment in our hospitals that can be used. As we laud this programme, we must also call upon county governments in conjunction with the national government to ensure that the infrastructure in our health sector is commensurate to address the issue. Farmers have harvested enough maize and we laud the food security we enjoy in this country. Farmers will be at a loss if they sell a 90-kilogramme bag of maize at Ksh3000 considering the inputs used. I call upon the relevant ministry to look at better ways of creating market linkages for this produce so that it can fetch a better price for our farmers who are doing a good job in farms. Some Hon. Members of Parliament asked about the Opposition. We are here to say that the broad-based government is the best thing that happened to this country. We"},{"id":1501710,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501710/?format=json","text_counter":190,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Khwisero, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Christopher Wangaya","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1501711,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1501711/?format=json","text_counter":191,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Khwisero, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Christopher Wangaya","speaker":null,"content":"can see that after the broad-based government, the President’s Address is acceptable internationally and I can confirm."}]}