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    "id": 529375,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 24 (6), the thanks of the Senate be recorded for the Address of H.E the President delivered on Monday, 6th October, 2014, during the special sitting of Parliament. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 6th October, 2014, the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, addressed a joint sitting of Parliament. The Constitution empowers the President to address Parliament once every year or at any other time. So it is important to underscore the fact that the Constitution has given discretion to the President to address Parliament annually or at any other time when he thinks there is a matter the representatives of the people need to know. The Address by the President, traditionally, is intended to create the nexus between the President as Head of State and the people who have placed him in that position. The only way you can address the people of Kenya in one meeting is by addressing the people who have been elected to represent the people of Kenya. So, it should not be seen as if the Presidential Address is a little matter; it is an important matter and it complies with the dictates of our constitutional order which requires that the Executive must at all times remain subservient to the will of the people because all sovereign power is vested in the people of Kenya. So, Article 132 of the Constitution is placed in that context to allow interaction between the Executive and the people of Kenya through their representatives. It is no wonder therefore that when the President addressed the joint sitting of Parliament on 6th October, 2014, his opening remarks recognized that he is addressing Parliament as representatives of the people. That is in paragraph 2 of his Speech and he said:- “In this respect, I am here to address you as representatives of the people on an important national matter regarding our sovereignty” The crux of the Address of the President to Parliament revolved around his appearance in the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is not a small matter. This is not a matter that Kenyans can just read in the newspapers about. I say so because in the 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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