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    "id": 1357216,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am elated this afternoon listening to Members debate the President’s Speech. For the very first time, it is an opportunity for many of them to critique, agree and disagree. I want to begin by lauding the President on a very serious departure from the past from those that have been in the corridors of Parliament for a quite a while. You will know that there are many things that have been the hallmarks of presidential speeches; they did not feature or were not granted prominence on that particular day. Of particular note is the reference to the House of Parliament as a gathering of duly elected representatives of the people, giving an account of what their Government under the leadership of President William Ruto has been able to do to the people of Kenya. You will note that in the past years, we have always been treated to rants and chants of “my Government, my Government!” It is a single act of patriotism when, as a leader, you appreciate and know that the position of a President is of public trust. Others have considered that this is an opportunity through which you can lead and make the lives of the people who elected you better. Secondly, is to celebrate and appreciate the fact that in all the 102 paragraphs that formed part of this Speech, the President is spot on 100 per cent. He speaks and gives an account of policies, programmes, legislative interventions in terms of funding and other policies that have been undertaken in the last 20 months of trying to make the lives of Kenyan people better. Thirdly, this conversation cannot be complete; you cannot have a complete picture. I know that while Mr. President tried to avoid delving into our past, we know that it is the past that informs us of the future."
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