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    "id": 470122,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kivuti",
    "speaker_title": "The Senator for Embu County",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 55,
        "legal_name": "Lenny Maxwell Kivuti",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand here to support this Motion. First, I wish to record my appreciation and thanks to the people of Embu County for voting me overwhelmingly as their first Senator. I got votes from every corner of the county. My promise to the people of Embu County is that I am up to the task and whatever promises that I made, I will deliver. I wish to congratulate His Excellency the President and the Deputy President on their election and forming the Government of Kenya. I also wish to congratulate all Senators; nominated and elected, because this is the Senate that will make a change in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, coming straight to the content of the Presidential Address, I wish to notify my colleagues that this, to me, was the best Speech. If you look at the contents, the President did not spend time writing a big book on how to implement each and every policy. That is the best part of it. If you are making policy, you do not have to explain how you will implement each and every bit. This policy document is only 15 pages and looking at it, it addresses the tenets and all the aspects of the 18 Ministries that have been formed by him. If you look at it from the beginning to the last page, you will see that it contained more than the nine pillars he talked about. The devolution policy is virtually carrying all the Ministries. The function of this House is mainly devolution. The actions which have already been displayed by His Excellency the President are a pointer to the same policies that were articulated in the Speech. Unity of purpose is the beginning of how Kenya can unite after elections so that we do not implement policies thinking that we are either different parties or different tribes. We should be thinking as Kenyans. This is a task that this House will have to take on board. Since we represent counties, it would be necessary that whatever we are thinking of doing in each one of our counties, it must reflect the face of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President mentioned infrastructure which is one of the key economic drivers, but on the other hand, it is very expensive. To implement a project like The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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