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    "speaker_name": "His Excellency the President",
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "entrenching national unity and inclusivity as a national value in our constitution is clearly evident. Our diversity is our source of power and this moment in the history of our nation calls for radical collaboration to transcend our challenges. We do not have the luxury of magnifying our differences. It is time for all of us to pull together and usher the nation into the future of our dreams. With this in mind, I initiated extensive consultations with leaders from across all divides, public and private. Through these engagements, we resolved to re-imagine unity and inclusivity and harness the full potential of our nation through bipartisanship, which culminated in the formation of the broad-based Cabinet. The imperative to accommodate the contribution of leaders across the aisle inspired us to constitute the broad-based government, a partnership based on shared purpose and premise on a commitment to bring our national values into action to turbo-charge the implementation of the transformation of our nation. Being a farmer, transformation is like farming. A lot of resources are invested in ploughing the land and planting the seeds, after which there is nothing to see for all the work, except stretches of bare earth. Impatience might lead to anxiety and lamentation of the waste of effort in seed buried in the earth. However, after a brief wait, seedlings sprout, requiring close attention, weeding and patient tending into the crop that will be ready for harvest. So is economic transformation; it requires hard work, investment of resources, patience and faith. We have planted the seed and all over the field it is beginning to sprout. While, admittedly, there remains much to fulfill, our collective hope to deliver the national economic transformation that this nation so dearly deserves, is on course. I am proud to declare that we have also made undeniable progress in building on the strong foundation laid in previous years and getting the national development project off the ground. Hon. Members, from the reports that I have the honour to table for your consideration and debate, there is reason to be optimistic that our forward march is unstoppable, and that our capacity and commitment to live and work by our national values and principles of governance are stronger than ever before. Our nation is a proud member of the international community, making our contributions to the global progress boldly and with great determination. We stand collectively facing the dawn with confidence that our expectations of a bright daylight are not in vain. In summary, Hon. Members and all fellow citizens, the state of our nation is resilient. Hon. Speakers, it is my pleasure to submit to Parliament the following three reports as required by the Constitution- (1) Report on all measures taken and progress achieved in the realization of national values. (2) Report on progress made in fulfilling the international obligations of the Republic of Kenya. (3) Report on the state of our security. Now therefore, I hand over the Reports to the Speaker of the Senate and to the Speaker of the National Assembly. Thank you all. God bless you and God bless Kenya."
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