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    "id": 255334,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Toro",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads and Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 239,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Ngugi Toro",
        "slug": "joshua-toro"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Presidential Speech on the official opening of this Session of Parliament. A lot has been said by various hon. Members of Parliament on the contents of the Presidential Speech. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to remind hon. Members, where we are coming from. If you look at the economic state of this country when NARC took over, and when His Excellency the President became the third President of the Republic of Kenya, and how far we have moved for the last three years, I would expect every hon. Member standing here to compliment the President for a job well done. It is not possible to do everything and rectify mistakes of yesteryears within one year. It is not possible to deliver on election pledges in a short period of one to two years. That is not practically possible. This is what hon. Members should really appreciate, that even the City of Rome was not built in a day. As we all know, the City of Rome took a long time to be built, but, to date, it is a historical city. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the President enumerated in his Speech all that has been 222 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 29, 2006 done and what is to be done this year, all the legislative measures that Parliament must undertake this year, so that the country can move forward, the challenge was left to us, hon. Members, to pass the necessary Bills so that this country develops. We should be addressing the issue of how to pass all the Bills that will be presented in this House this year. Instead of mourning about what has not be done, we should be able to give direction to the Government through legislation. Once the Bills pass through this House, the Government has no choice, but to use the Bills, which are Acts of Parliament to run this country. Once Parliament is in Session, and there is a need for hon. Members to address certain issues, that is---"
}