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    "id": 488369,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamanda",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Maina Kamanda",
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    "content": "I want to thank them for that sacrifice, because it is a sacrifice that even this time we have drawn a programme on how we will not go on recess; we will be working for this House. I want to say this, thatwe, as Members of Parliament, need to embrace the Jubilee Government on many issues and development matters that they have initiated in this country. I want to say there is an annuity programme of 2000 kilometres that the Government is undertaking. This is a programme that is going to touch almost every county. It may not reach every constituency, but I do hope that every county will be given the annuity money. I want also to tell hon. Members that since Independence, we have up to date 14000 kilometres of paved roads in this country. With this annuity programme before the end of term of this Government, this country will have another 10,000 kilometres of paved roads. That is something for which the House should be grateful to this Government, because it will be almost the same to what has been done in the last 50 years. I also want to talk about our job in this House. Our job here is to make law, but the same law is curtailed by the courts. I do believe that we have the best brains in this House. First, there is no Motion that has come to the Floor of this House without going through your office; that is the Speaker and his team. We want this matter to be taken up seriously with the Courts. We want to know the role of this House. If we pass a law in this House and the following day the Court says that you cannot do this or that--- Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of Separation of Powers, committee chairs are there to guide this House. I would urge that you take this matter very seriously, because it is what is going to roll back the achievements we made so far. On the issue referendum, we represent 40 million Kenyans. When I hear that an hon. Member, or a Kenyan, saying that Parliament has got no power to do A,B, C, D--- We, as hon. Members, do not----"
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