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    "id": 1201497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I appreciate all our colleagues who have taken time to give their views and submissions on the speech by the President during the official opening of this 13th Parliament. I have also taken time to listen to our colleagues in the last three Parliamentary days. They shared with the President, disagreed and even misunderstood him all in a day’s work. On many of the policy positions that he has taken, I can see there is still a lot of formal legislature education – if I may put it that way – that is needed. I had the opportunity to be part of the team that worked on our manifesto, otherwise, known as “the plan”. Therefore, many of these issues are properly known to me. However, maybe many of our colleagues were left confused and unsure because of the way the issues were captured in the speech and how they have been explained elsewhere. I say this because on many occasions, I have listened to someone and wondered if that was the policy position. I look forward to a time where we will interact with our colleagues on some of the very good proposals that I have heard on the Floor from both sides of the isle. Some are justified while others are so justified. It is unfortunate that we still live in a time where people believe if you are on the Minority or Opposition; and the President takes the right route on a particular issue, you must turn left. I do not believe in such. I do not believe the 21st century legislature is about such things. I believe one can make better policy propositions. Laws are made here. All these proposals will be brought to us for legislation. We will take policy positions and pass them in form of regulations. There is no need to worry. The President can only propose, but the ultimate decision lies with the Members of this House. They will come and listen. If there is a proposal for the amendment of the NSSF Act, people will come here and debate, raise their issues and justification will be given. The Committee on Labour and Social Welfare will be made up of men and women of integrity; people who understand what the issues are and the history. They will give the right position for us to move our country forward. The same can be said of NSSF. Those who are in the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources will see proposals on urban housing. We cannot deny that there is a problem in this country and we must change radically. We cannot continue using the solutions that we have tried since 1963 and have been found not to be working. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate all our colleagues who have taken time to speak on this particular matter. I will not speak longer than this because it is also late"
}