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    "id": 614295,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakara",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. A country’s national values are a representation of the paramount values upheld throughout the country. When we talk about the paramount values that we have to uphold throughout the country, we should ask ourselves whether we are patriotic. When I get out of this country, do I portray the values of my country? Am I proud to talk about Kenya when I am outside the country? Am I proud to tell foreigners how good my country is? Those are some of the questions that we need to ask ourselves. We are talking about national unity. Are we together as a nation? Do we discuss our issues as a nation? Do we answer ourselves when we raise some questions among ourselves before we even take our issues outside the country? We talk about sharing and devolving power. Are we distributing power across our country? Are we all involved in governing this country? Are we involved in making decisions and taking them to the grassroots level? Those are some of the issues that we need to ask ourselves. Are we practising the rule of law? Are we driving according to the road signs? Am I abiding by the law of this country? If we do not practise those things on a daily basis, then we will never respect our national values. We need to ask ourselves whether we respect human dignity in this country. We have places in this country where people do not access clean water in this time and age. With regard to equity, some places get a lot and some places get little. I am so shocked when I see the Senate changing the formula to be used in devolving money. They have put the percentage of the population to be higher than the poverty level. When are the poor people of this country going to have equity in this country when we decide to go by 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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