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    "id": 1033074,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on, at least, two of the petitions. The first one is on the Pemba issue by Hon. Baya. Article 5 of the Constitution defines what the Kenyan territory is. I would like to urge the committee concerned that, as they do this, they are able to look at what consists of Kenya as a territory. Who is inside How do you ensure that anybody inside this territory of Kenya feels part of the country? Like someone has said, today it is Pemba, tomorrow it will be a small tribe in Nyanza or in the Coast or at the North. So, this should be a petition that should allow the committee to, at least, look at Kenya as a country and who belongs to it so that it does not depend on who the President is or who is there to say: “Let organize the Shona, the Luo or whoever it is. Let it be done so that everyone knows that he or she is a Kenyan first, and then they belong to a tribe and that tribe is part of the country. I would wish the Committee does that. Secondly, is about the Office of the Auditor-General. That Office was the worst treated office in my opinion, in the last administration. It was the first time we had this office in the country but, all the time, we had laws coming to this House to try to emasculate it, to make it weak. It almost became personalised on the person of the Auditor-General. That is why I really want to thank the Hon. Member from Dagoretti North for bringing this Petition and hope that it could lead to a Bill. It should not just be a decision of the Committee, but a Bill that comes to this House so that we are able to put in a law specifically, and how some of these things are being dealt with. I also wish that when that happens, we deal with all the other positions. Sometimes, it is very painful, 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."
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