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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity that you have granted me to also contribute to the President’s Address to Parliament on 29th September, 2022. The President’s advice to all the Members of this House, who were successful in the election that was conducted on the 9th of August and are here representing their various constituencies in the big and heavy responsibility of undertaking a five-year term, was that he expects them to do a role of oversight in this House and beyond. Allow me to also thank and appreciate the leadership and membership of this House that has just elected me and my fellow colleague Senator to the Speaker’s Panel. I hope and believe that we shall do that which is expected of us in the remaining session of this evening, tomorrow and Thursday as the Motion has just been passed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the run up to the election, we went out campaigning in our various constituencies with a set of ideas, which we called manifestos. The Address by the President spoke into a plan that he had set out in his campaigns throughout the period of the campaign. In my very brief and short commentary to it, I begin to laud his Address on the issue of the Judiciary that a number of my colleagues have spoken to. The President in his first assignment after being sworn in confirmed and indeed made to be true the commitment that he will support dispensation of justice in this country. He did that by appointing the judges who had not been appointed for a very long time for reasons which were known. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President in his Address also confirmed that his administration will allow the Judiciary to have the independence that is required. By doing that, he is also confirming and giving confidence to the Kenyans of goodwill that there will be no interference by the administration of the Kenyan Kwanza in the service that the Judiciary is expected to render to the people of this country. He confirmed in his Address that the funding to the Judiciary will be operationalized to enhance its independence. I believe that is a very important step in the leadership style. The Address confirms that we will also honor and respect the independence of the organs which the Constitution of Kenya establishes. I laud His Excellency the President for that. In his Address, he went ahead to confirm and requested Kenyans of goodwill and leadership to ensure that the Judiciary is allowed to deal with issues and in particular, he confirmed that his administration will assist to ensure that the fight against corruption is enhanced. By allowing the Judiciary to be independent and run its affairs, in the fullness of time, I believe the fight against corruption will be a thing of the past. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this case, I look at the representation in terms of the paragraphs where the President talked about this fight. Under section 62, of the Anti- corruption and Economics Crime Act---"
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