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    "id": 114492,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114492/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kizito",
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        "legal_name": "Justus Kizito Mugali",
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    "content": "Constitution. We should all stand up and pick it up so that we can carry on and have the new Constitution. The Draft Constitution has been done and I commend the Committee of Experts (CoE) for having done a good job in terms of coming up with a consolidated view of many people. As the President directed, it is imperative that, as Members of Parliament, we come together and pass this document. We cannot get everything. We wanted so many things in the new Constitution but it is a situation of give and take. Let us focus on the nationhood and posterity of this nation. There could be a few things which we did not need in the Draft Constitution. However, I think if we pass it, we can move some amendments in the areas we want. Kenyans are yearning for a new Constitution. The mood out there is for a new Constitution. I commend the President for having come with that kind of statement. The President talked about economic growth. We are very happy and we would like the economic growth to continue. We have the Economic Stimulus Programmes (ESP), which the President talked about. However, I would like to join my colleagues by saying that we might have to fold whatever projects are there on economic growth so that we do not have corruption. There are loopholes in tendering as an hon. Member has indicated. Some people are imposuing their will upon the people because of their technical knowhow. We need to think about this and come up with solutions. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on corruption, I commend the President for having talked about the vice. However, I would like to join my colleagues by saying that we thought the Address on corruption was a little bit harsh on a certain political divide. This is especially so when the President talked about personalization and politicization of corruption. We thought this was a bit harsh and sort of a response to some sections of the House. I thought this was dividing us more. I think the word “personalize” can also mean that all of us should be able to wake up individually and fight corruption. We do not have to wait. The word “personalize” can also mean individualize. There are those individuals who participate in corruption. Corruption is people-based. Those who are corrupt must be followed up. I think the President got it wrong by bashing and giving a response directly to his other principal. If you look around, you will find that it is the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister who has taken corruption head-on and is moving at a very high speed. I would like to commend him for that. I would like the President to follow suit and work with him so that it does not appear as if they are responding to one another in public. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the President talked about our sovereignty and how we should sort out our differences. He asked us not to invite foreign assistance to settle our problems. That is correct as long as there is good will. I also want to remind the President that Kenya is a member of foreign societies. Therefore, anytime we have a problem and we cannot solve it ourselves, like we did the other time; we can call in our sister countries and friends to assist. When we talk about the Grand Coalition Government, we think that there is need for the two principals to work together so that they do not contradict one another in public. As young people of this nation, we would like to see elders at peace. Even if they have differed, we would like to see them coming up with solutions to our problems. We seem to lose direction if they fight and contradict one another in public. As young people"
}