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    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. I wish to thank His Excellency the President for the eloquently presented Speech he made in this House. He gave hope to majority of the Kenyans who voted for him and those who did not. The President gave a uniting Speech in the House. Majorly, he dealt with the rule of law. We have a President who has shown outrightly that he respects the rule of law. The first decision he took to show that he respects the rule of law is by appointing the six judges. For me, this was a fundamental step towards the respect of law and independent institutions in this country. As you will remember, the appointment of the six judges was pending. They were not appointed by the last regime because of unclear issues at that particular time. On the allocation of Ksh3 billion to the Judiciary, for me, this will give independence to the Judiciary. A country only survives when the Head of the Executive respects the decisions of the Judiciary. The President of this country has shown a lot of restraint in respecting the decisions of the Judiciary. He has never come out at anyone time to criticise their decision whether it favours his Government or not. On the insecurity issue, at some point along Kerio Valley, there was the deployment of the military. As a Member who comes from that region, I can say this deployment was done in a manner that respected human rights. We never heard of extrajudicial killings in the North Rift. This is one of the issues I want to highlight and give utmost respect to the President as the Commander-in-Chief of Kenya Defence forces because we never heard of matters to do with human rights compromise in that region. We pray that peace continues to prevail in that part of the country. On the issue of agriculture, the President made it very clear that he moved away from consumption subsidy to production subsidy. This means that the issue of subsidising fertiliser has assisted in agricultural prosperity in this country because this year, the maize yield will move from 44 million bags to a projected yield of almost 70 million bags. So, the production yield in fertiliser has improved food production and will ultimately lead to a drop in the prices of food commodities. On the issue of inclusivity, the national dialogue is currently ongoing. For me, the President was elected by a majority vote but someone went to court and challenged that decision. The same court rendered a decision that the President was validly elected and he went ahead to accept a national dialogue. We should give him credit. He was very clear in his Speech that he embraces the dialogue led by Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah and Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka. Of course, this will cement the kind of leadership and legacy he will leave behind. In terms of education, the Competency Based Curriculum Taskforce he formed was a progressive step in terms of the new curriculum of education. He was very clear and candid The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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