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    "id": 1372053,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1372053/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support. Indeed, when the President comes to the House and gives the roadmap that the Government wants to take, it is an important opportunity for us, as legislators, to look at the gaps, the framework that is supposed to be put in place and importantly, to explain to our constituents that we represent what the Government intends to do, how it intends to do it and maybe put the legislative framework that is needed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also a high time that we changed our mentality. Instead of looking at it as them versus us, we must look at it as a nation and as a people who are constructively engaging, so that we can improve their livelihoods and the economy. In addition, we need to improve and enrich the democratic space provided for in our Constitution. When the President comes to the House and gives a roadmap, it is something that gives us an opportunity to discuss, enrich it and even maybe criticise what we feel could be done differently. Mr. Speaker, Sir, discussing what the President intends to do is indeed one of the ways that ensures that public participation and the Constitution of Kenya is safeguarded because we are given the opportunity to do that. I therefore think that it is paramount that we, as legislators, come and put our heads together. Moving forward, maybe we should come up with suggestions because this country belongs to us all. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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