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    "id": 1357139,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "I am well guided, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will see how to navigate my comments. First of all, I want to say on record that before I joined the Senate in 2017, I was a senior editor in this country. I used to dispatch journalists to cover this very event; the Address of the President in Parliament. The first question I would detail my journalists to ask Members of Parliament before the Address would be: What are your expectations on the presidential Address? After that, I would debrief them on whether the expectations were met. Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that I am seated here as a Senator and leader in this country, I must confess that going by the trend that I have seen this administration conduct itself in public, and the suffering that the people of this country have been subjected to by this administration, I did not have any expectations on that Address. Having made that statement, I would want to inform us that the entirety of Article 132 of the Constitution places an obligation on the President to address Parliament. Just a casual reading of that Article will demonstrate that the President's Address to Parliament is the first function assigned to the President. It cannot be a matter of ticking boxes. It must be an address that brings change and inspires hope in the nation through the leadership of Parliament. The requirements are clear and simple. The President should address us as representatives of the people of this Republic on the State of the Nation. Where are we as a country? He is supposed to address us on the measures that have been put in place by his administration and the progress made in the realization of the national values and principles of governance as captured in Article 10 of the Constitution. Lastly, he is supposed to address we, as representatives of the people, on the state of our national security. Are our borders safe? Are we safe in this country? This is what the Constitution requires the President to do. Having gone through the Address of the President over and over again, I am extremely disappointed. I am disappointed because"
}