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    "id": 1144845,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shadrack Mose",
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        "legal_name": "Shadrack John Mose",
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    "content": "the Cabinet, the top military leadership and other leaders during the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President and other national functions. In addition, Presidents and Heads of State of various countries visit the mausoleum within the parliamentary precincts as part of high level diplomatic programs. In view of these concerns, Hon. Speaker, considerable security arrangements ought to be accorded priority and forethought when executing infrastructural developments near Parliament precincts. This is, indeed, the practice in the United States Congress, the UK Parliament and in virtually all parliaments world wide. Whereas we are not opposed to the Nairobi Expressway, given its huge economic potential to the country and are at the same time not seeking for a deviation of the aforementioned section, I nonetheless seek your indulgence to invoke Standing Order 218 (2) and direct the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security and the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to urgently inquire into the matter in order to: (i) Verify the security arrangements, if any, that have been incorporated into the design of the Nairobi Expressway with regard to parliamentary precincts encompassing the Junction of Haille Selasie Avenue, Uhuru Highway and Intercontinental Hotel. (ii) Involve relevant stakeholders, including the Ministry of Interior and Co- ordination of National Government, the Ministry of Transport Infrastructure, Housing Urban Development and Public Works and the project contractors in building consensus on effective interventions and solutions to the aforementioned security concerns, including the possibility of constructing a reinforcement at the affected sections of the Expressway. (iii) Require the two Committees to jointly report back to the House within 21 days on the findings of their enquiry and the measures taken by the National Executive with regard to this concern. I thank you Hon. Speaker."
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