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    "id": 1133867,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President for coming to Parliament. It is his constitutional obligation particularly, under Articles 132 and 247. This is a critical moment. When he came here, there were three main objectives. One was on matters of international obligation. We have heard it from the Departmental Committee of Defence and Foreign Relations. Kenya does not exist in isolation. There are many treaties and conventions that must be ratified by this Parliament. Unfortunately, the report was not detailed. Maybe, he should look into that and see to what extent? The Report was not detailed. We should look into that and see to what extent. Secondly, the President was specifically supposed to report particularly on Article 10 of the Constitution on National Values and Principles of Governance. This is the aspect of corruption. This is because Article 10 of the Constitution highlights the “dos and the don’ts” and issues of the rule of law. In this country, the Government has been disobeying court orders. We are aware of the issue of Miguna Miguna and many that are still active in courts of law as we speak. Therefore, we expected the President to have mentioned matters of the rule of law because it is under Article 10 of the Constitution. On the issues of corruption, the President has been on record that we lose about Kshs2 billion per day. This is serious. When you come up with many projects, we need to see the costing. Has it been effective? Has it been realistic? Therefore, on the element of corruption, the President let us down. This is because this country is losing a lot of money because of the loopholes. You cannot fight corruption in isolation and this is where the Judiciary, investigation agencies and the prosecutions come in. Thirdly, I want to speak to matters of security and Article 247 of the Constitution talks about that. Food security is also an issue. In this country, we have a lot of drought. When you go to Kilifi, North Eastern and even the parts of Ukambani, Kenyans are suffering. I wish the 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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