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    "id": 1037571,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. One of the tenets of a modern State is to have a strong bureaucracy. Also, it is the rule of law and accountability through democracy. Before I go to democracy, it is important to know that for a strong State to thrive, the bureaucracy must be based on merit, so that the people who work for the State are people who have been chosen on the basis of their ability and merit in a manner that was not personal, but based on patronage and altruism. Having said that, the rule of law is important. The independence of the safeguard of the rule of law, the Judiciary, is also important. On democracy, it is good to know that a modern State cannot thrive on the basis of democracy alone. It thrives on the basis of all the three tenets. The inception of democracy is connected to industrialisation and economic growth. If you were to audit some of the enduring democracies like the United States of America, and the United Kingdom (UK), you will find that they are based on industrialisation and people coming together from rural areas to a common area to offer labour. What I am trying to drive home is that in many cases, democracy is based on the politics of identity. It is better if this identity is based on something objective other than tribe and religion. States that are not mineral rich like Kenya derive their revenues from taxes. Deriving revenues from taxes means that we have to make the enterprise grow and spur. It is from conversations on taxes that space is opened up for people to talk about who should lead them and in which direction they want to be led. Having audited our country from its inception at Independence, 2002 is a year we can cite as a period that democracy reigned in our country. We can also cite 2007, 2012 and 2017. The problem with our democracy in Kenya is not the population, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) or the safeguard of democracy, the problem with our democracy is that some of the candidates refuse to concede defeat. I urge everyone who goes through an election that you do not go there with pre-determined results. Therefore, I hope the people, and especially those who are spearheading the BBI campaign, can come to a point of realising that our country is greater than any individual. If we go for elections and you realise that your votes are not enough, it is courteous to go home and stay with your wife rather than to bring violence. I support."
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