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    "id": 157226,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Speech which was delivered in this House during the opening of Third Session of this Parliament. First, and foremost, I want to congratulate the President for giving a very comprehensive Speech on the status of the economy of this country and giving the way forward on how we can tackle a myriad of problems this country is facing. However, as much as I congratulate the President for giving a very comprehensive Speech, I was rather disappointed that he covered very little on reforms, particularly on the constitutional reforms and the Judiciary, among others. This, in my opinion, is a very important matter this House and country must address. I believe that this august House should put more emphasis on the constitutional review so that we deliver a new constitution to this country and we undertake the necessary reforms that will put this country to a straight path and give power to Kenyans. This is an issue that I wish to urge all the politicians across the political divide to come together and solve the problem. If we do not, Kenyans will not forgive us. Kenyans have been yearning for a new constitution for the last 15 years. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the President said that the Government had tackled the issue of IDPs and about 90 per cent of them had been resettled. However, we still have 10 per cent who are languishing in very bad conditions. It is important that the Government gives a very special consideration to this matter. It is really sad that after one year, we still have Kenyans languishing in dilapidated IDP camps where their source of livelihood is questionable and not guaranteed. The issue of climate change is with us. We must agree that the climate has changed and we must come up with measures that will help us tackle the problem of climate change. We must come up with adaptive measures to mitigate climate change. In this regard, it is important that we, as Kenyans, give top priority to the conservation of water towers, particularly the forests. Destruction of forests in this country has contributed significantly to the rapid changes we are seeing in our weather and climatic changes. It is, therefore, important that we address this problem. It is my hope that very"
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