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    "id": 470469,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Senator for Homa Bay County",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to congratulate you for being elected to this august House. We have been in the House for quite some time and you were our speaker for a long time before you were formerly elected. I have confidence that you will discharge the duties of the Speaker for the best interest of this House and the people of Kenya. I also want to thank my fellow Senators for having fought hard to be elected by their counties to this House. I am thankful to the people of Homa Bay for having found it fit to give this responsibility of discharging the duties of the office of the Senator as prescribed in the Constitution for the benefit of Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot start without speaking about the Constitution because it is the new Constitution that created this Senate. It has brought various interests and age groups into this august House to deal with two things that the Constitution sought to address; equity and justice. This is written in almost every article of our Constitution. In fact, when Sen. G.G. Kariuki speaks of us complaining, it is not complaining when we speak of equity or justice. It is reaffirming the spirit of the new Constitution. It is our role to reaffirm that we wrote the new Constitution because there were problems in this country. We wrote it because we wanted to address the issues of equity and justice. So, when we talk about equity in education, equity in road coverage, equity in water, equity in education and all those things, we are talking about the new road map of this written in the Constitution. Devolution is the centre piece or the heart of our Constitution. So, we will be defending it as by law granted and we will defend it and facilitate it. So, if there is anybody somewhere, whether in high or low office who thinks that he or she may undermine devolution, we need to warn them that this House’s primary responsibility is to protect devolution. This is for good reasons. We already know the reasons why we did 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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