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    "id": 255918,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Tarus",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipkiyeny Tarus",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Presidential Address. I have a number of issues that I would like to raise. However, before that, I would like to support the President's Speech. Looking at the history of our country, we have realised that Kenya is a place full of opportunities. Kenya is composed of many communities that have coexisted together for a long time and are still yearning to live together. I have listened to various hon. Members speak on the Floor of this House. Indeed, some of them have talked about the Kenyan dream. I am now asking myself: How come that when we go outside we are unable to articulate the Kenyan dream so that the people of Kenya can have a chance to ventilate together? Prior to the referendum campaigns last year, we asked leaders to rediscover themselves and what this country requires. That was the moment we ought to have given this country a new Constitution. We have never before held a referendum here in Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the current Constitution was achieved through consensus. I expected that to be a second opportunity for Kenyan leaders to rediscover themselves and say that if Kenya did not get a new Constitution it would be very elusive in the future. 23 March, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 87 However, I can see many hon. Members, particularly those from the Government side are committed to dialogue."
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