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"speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
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"content": "This amendment is not in any way expected to erode a key tenet of the legal practice of the advocate-client privilege. However, I note that on Friday this week, Parliament shall proceed on its traditional long recess. To that end, through you, Hon. Speakers, I urge Parliament to consider adjusting its calendar to ensure that all the critical legislation and legal instruments, including those relating to elections, are concluded in a timely manner. As we look to the future, I see great promise. However, as I said earlier, we must be bold enough to shape it. In just about eight years, our national development blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030, will have run its course and with it, will come the dawn of the fourth decade of the 21st Century. By 2030, Kenya will be home to about 63 million of us. The foundation that successive administrations have built will bear true dividends if we boldly re-imagine our future. However, if we go it alone, we might not secure the best opportunities for our children. In my eyes, our best chance as individual African nations is to embrace a continent where there is free movement of persons, goods, services and capital as characterised under Africa Free Trade Area Agreement. This is because, as I have said before, we are not competitors, but rather comrades with a shared dream which will be achieved faster through collaboration. The Pan-African dream of our founding fathers that inspired the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) that ultimately transitioned into the African Union must transcend to being beyond an inspiration. For Kenya to lead towards this course, on assuming the Presidency for a second term, I issued a directive that any African wishing to visit Kenya would be eligible to receive a visa at the port of entry. I did this in the full realisation that to secure the prosperity of all Kenyans, East Africans, and Africans, we must begin in earnest to tear down the walls that divide and separate us. I challenge Parliament to put in place the legal framework to lead to closer union with our brethren across the continent, and to advocate for a shared prosperity, greater fraternity, and greater security in Africa. This intent must, however, be preceded by a solidification of our various regional blocs, and in particular our East African Community. I say this because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When each part appreciates its role and the contribution of the other parts, then the body is able to function effectively. The African Union will only be strong and vibrant when our regional blocs are of similar character. We must simultaneously re-energise our common bond as brothers and sisters in the EAC region, even as we craft the path to the single African Union. This is the future I see. Hon. Speaker, lead the House in tearing down those barriers. It is now my high privilege and extreme pleasure to submit to Parliament the following three reports as required by the Constitution: 1. Report on Measures Taken and Progress Achieved in Realisation of National Values, 2020. 2. Report on Progress Made in Fulfilling International Obligations of the Republic, 2020. 3. Report on the State of Security of Kenya, 2020. I have the pleasure of submitting, alongside the constitutionally required reports, the Kenya Business Climate Reforms Milestone Report, 2020/2021. I submit the Report in recognition that micro, small, and medium enterprises remain the lifeblood of our economy. As I had citied earlier, my administration has instituted various reforms over the last year that tore down the barriers that 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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