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    "id": 351835,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/351835/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker of the National Assembly",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "Your Excellency, I also wish to congratulate your foremost competitor, the former Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, and former Vice-President, hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, for providing the opportunity for political competition and being worthy competitors in the just concluded Presidential election. Today’s sitting is historic in many ways. It is the first time we are having a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the Senate under the bicameral system re-introduced by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Today’s sitting is also significant because we are together assembled as two Houses and as legislators from diverse backgrounds, representing the various sectors of our society. Today, we demonstrate that we are operating under our new Constitution. It is truly a day to celebrate. Your Excellency, it is a moment of great inspiration for us to have you in this House to address the nation on the Government’s policies and the legislative agenda for the Eleventh Parliament. We are very eager to listen to you, because from your Address, Kenyans will know the political philosophy and the economic strategy of the new Government of the Republic of Kenya, which you lead. Before I invite you to talk to us, allow me to make some brief remarks. Hon. Members, there is no doubt that Kenya and all our institutions, Parliament included, are at the threshold of a new dispensation – indeed a new chapter. I would like to borrow words from hon. Mwai Kibaki, your predecessor, in his inaugural speech on 30th December, 2002, as follows:- “Our country is going through a critical moment. The task ahead is enormous. The expectations are high, and the challenges are intimidating.”"
}