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    "id": 641489,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No. 28 (3), the Senate do adjourn until Tuesday, 12th April 2016. If you remember, last week we altered the calendar. We should have adjourned last week, but we altered the calendar to enable us to attend the State of the Nation Address by the President tomorrow. Instead of going on recess and come back mid week, we decided to postpone the recess. Recess is an important part of our calendar because it gives us the opportunity to concentrate on Committee work, visit and consult our constituents. We now have a chance to go back to our constituents and consult and finish pending Committee work which could not have been done during the week because of plenary sessions. I ask Members to approve this Motion to enable us to do this important responsibility. I look forward to the President’s address tomorrow, as a way of updating us on what the Executive has done in the last one year and their plans for the next one year on matters of values and principles, security and all other matters that are important for the running of the affairs of this State. Therefore, tomorrow is an important day. Our colleagues who have been romoured to have a partisan affair on State of the Nation Address, should change because it is not a party affair. People forget the Presidency is a symbol of unity of the State. The President is everybody’s responsibility, whether you voted for him or not. He serves every part of the country whether you believe or agree with him or not. The State of the Nation Address emanates from the United States of America (USA) tradition and philosophy from what leaders like Abraham Lincoln established on updating the country on the State of the Union. Remember that USA was federated; they were 50 different countries, but they agreed to come together to form a federation and federal state. Therefore, every year, the President updates the country on how that State is doing. It is called State of the Union Address. He updates the country on how the Union is doing and what they have done to perfect it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have devolved ourselves to various 47 counties. It is only the President of the Republic of Kenya who updates us on the state of the nation. We may not agree with him on his address, but he has to update us. Probably that is why we come back here to debate once we have the State of the Nation Address. It 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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