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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (",
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    "content": "the people.’ I think His Excellency the President fits that definition. He is truly a man of the people. I believe that when he settles down to work, we shall have a President of the people, by the people for the people. Hon. Deputy Speaker, what touched me in the President’s Speech was his commitment to the rule of law. For me, that is a cardinal principle that this country must be ruled upon. We must be a country that abides by the rule of law. I want to commend him because the first thing he did was to appoint the six judges who were held in abeyance by the other regime. I think that was a hallmark of obedience to the rule of law. The President also committed that he would implement bottom-up scaling of justice. I come from a constituency where we have one court of law serving four constituencies. The court is located in Iten. In Marakwet West, we have no court, Marakwet East has no court. Keiyo North and Keiyo South are only served by one court in Iten. Hon. Deputy Speaker, going forward, I believe that we shall have many courts at the local level. I also want to comment on an issue that the President said, that he would implore upon this House to amend the Standing Orders so that the Cabinet Secretaries appear on the Floor of the House so that they can be asked Questions. I am inclined to the school of thought that, as per the current constitutional dispensation, the CSs may not appear on the Floor of this House because the architecture of our Constitution is that one of a presidential system. That will call for a re-look into our constitutional architecture so that the CSs can appear on the Floor of this House. On the issue of NG-CDF, I personally think that without NG-CDF, there is nothing much that the Members of the National Assembly can achieve. Since we have the goodwill of the President, it will be good if the same is entrenched in the Constitution. Just like other funds, NG-CDF should be entrenched in the Constitution. On security matters, he never touched on it but I have confidence that the security along Kerio Valley Belt shall be dealt with accordingly by this Government. Finally, I want to thank the President for appointing our Senator, Kipchumba Murkomen, to be the CS for Roads, Transport and Infrastructure. Thank you so much, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity."
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