{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148414","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148412","results":[{"id":1502322,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502322/?format=json","text_counter":239,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Navakholo, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me also to join my colleagues in noting the Speech of His Excellency the President. First and foremost, I thank Kenyans for passing the 2010 Constitution and giving us Article 132(1)(c), which particularly empowers Members of Parliament to witness and also comment on the President's Speech. Hon. Temporary Speaker, previously, it would have been very difficult for any Kenyan to talk about the President's Speech. However, through the Constitution, we are now able to talk about it, give it the critique it deserves, and make it constitutional. Allow me to appreciate the President for the first time, for talking about the shilling and responding to it in his Speech. The shilling is a measure of an economy that enables people to trade. Looking at the shift of the shilling from Ksh162 to Ksh129, and also looking at what Hon. Mbui referred to as the old regime at Ksh123, it means the current regime is working and was able to respond accordingly"},{"id":1502323,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502323/?format=json","text_counter":240,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Navakholo, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe","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":1502324,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502324/?format=json","text_counter":241,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Navakholo, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe","speaker":null,"content":"to a shilling that was rising. We do not give gratitude to the past but the present. It is in order to applaud the President. He is doing something for the Kenyan Shilling. That is why we have it at that position. On inflation, many economists have put it that it is in doubt. They want to look at the figures responding from different positions. However, also Kenyans have a right to look at what is happening today. There is shift in food supplies. At what price are we acquiring food? We must appreciate the President on this. The inflation quoted here is responding to the actual cost of food on shelves. A gorogoro of maize used to go for Ksh200 or Ksh180 in my constituency. It is going for Ksh100 shillings. That automatically means anyone who has Ksh100 can acquire that meal at that time. Kenya should give those who have a different view on the economics of inflation another time to look at the model on how to compute inflation. The economics should also face practical appearance rather than theory. Allow me to commend the President on foreign exchange reserves. It is not a mean achievement to have a 4.8 months reserve. Should we be blocked from importation, God forbid, it means our country can survive with our forex reserves for the next 4.8 months. That means Kenya is not just a small economy. We are an economy on the rise and move. We will definitely know where we are when we look at our brothers in the neighbourhood of the East African region and measure ourselves against them. Without mentioning friendly nations, this is a good position that gives Kenya a headway in running any foreign trade. I applaud the President on his comment and actions in the sugar sector. The Leader of the Majority Party mentioned the sugar law that has just come into force. The President mentioned 17 factories and the production of 84,000 metric tonnes against our consumption of 40,000 metric tonnes. That means we can stock about 44,000 metric tonnes every month. We can carry that forward in the event factories undergo maintenance. I thank the President for appointing Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo as the Chairman of the Kenya Sugar Board under the new law. Everyone in this House knows him. He is a strong person who has been the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in this House. He is a man who can lead this organisation to the next front. As the Sponsor of the Bill and now law, I am proud that the President appointed the right man to take the industry to the next level. Hon. Gumbo is a no-nonsense person. He will take the sugar sector head on. He is capable of handling any challenge. I only caution millers to stock and have enough reserves, especially during factory maintenance. We do not want to see a situation where, when it approaches factory maintenance, factories turn to farmers and pretend they cannot sell so that they gag the Sugar Board to make more importations. We do not want to see that, now that we are producing enough good sugar."},{"id":1502325,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502325/?format=json","text_counter":242,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" The Member for Kwanza followed by the Member for Imenti Central then the Member from Narok, Hon. Pareyio."},{"id":1502326,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502326/?format=json","text_counter":243,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Hon. Francis Sigei gestured at the Temporary Speaker)"},{"id":1502327,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502327/?format=json","text_counter":244,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":"The Temporary Speaker has many ways. Member for Sotik, just relax. You will all get an opportunity."},{"id":1502328,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502328/?format=json","text_counter":245,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kwanza, FORD-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. I take this opportunity, personally and on behalf of the people I represent, to applaud the President for such an Address to the nation through this House. I followed the Address to the letter. I want to tell Kenyans and my people at home that the President is up to the task. He talked about the many things mentioned by my colleagues, particularly bringing down the cost of living. We know that the prices of sugar and flour were very high but he managed to bring them down. He has gone ahead and told us that he is going out of the country to get employment opportunities for our youth. That is true. Most of the youth we have are getting some employment opportunities both"},{"id":1502329,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502329/?format=json","text_counter":246,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kwanza, FORD-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi","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":1502330,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502330/?format=json","text_counter":247,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kwanza, FORD-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi","speaker":null,"content":"in the Middle East and even Europe because we do not have those opportunities here. Again, that is encouraging because two of my neighbours in my area got those opportunities. That is good. We had the very high exchange rate. Such an exchange rate means even the prices of importing fuel have gone down. Fuel prices were very high. He took over from that economy. The exchange rate is very stable and fuel prices are down because of the opportunities he has made. We have deployed our youth to Haiti in the last two years. Those are not wazee kama"},{"id":1502331,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502331/?format=json","text_counter":248,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"mimi"}]}