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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Motion, which reads “THAT, the thanks of the House be recorded---”That means we either support or oppose it, but we cannot do that. I had to look very keenly at everything to find out what I can thank him for. It has been very difficult because right from the outset, I looked at the Order Paper of that day. The business was supposed to start at 2.30 p.m. but the President came in at 3.00 p.m., some 30 minutes late. That already tells you something. There is a free resource that God gave us. It is called “time”. How you manage your time while respecting other people’s time is very important. If you fail to manage that God-given free resource of time, this will raise other questions as to how you manage other things. I looked very carefully at the President’s Speech to find something to thank him for and found one – about the fertilizers. I looked at the Address again and realised that perhaps, we should also thank the Deputy President. At one time, he was the Minister for Agriculture. We had a big problem of food security in the country. We talked about fertilizers, and he brought free fertilizers. We took him again to task. We told him: “You have brought DAP, who told you that we only need DAP? Bring the results of the soil tests, where did you test it?” He has got good memory. When he became the Deputy President, he influenced the President and they have tested the soil. So, I found something for which to thank them at last. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, listening to the President’s Address, its grammar, syntax and pronunciation were perfect. In all those areas, I have given him grade “A”. I am, however, afraid that in the area of content I give him grade C-(Minus). Look at devolution! Whoever misled his Excellency the President to thump his chest and say that he devolved functions earlier than he was expected to and, therefore, he deserves a credit was not right. We know very well that he devolved certain functions because he was under pressure from the governors to do so, yet he is the President of the Republic of Kenya. He is supposed to stand firm. He should not be coerced by any governor, Member of Parliament or anybody else to do anything. Devolution should be effected in the course of three years for obvious reasons. You look at a county to see if it is ready for a function and devolve it. If they are not ready, you help them to get ready and devolve the function. We devolved precipitately all The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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