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    "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 thank Sen. Sang for the information that equipment was not enough. In the Address by the President, which address I have tabled before this House this afternoon, kindly allow me to highlight a few things which I think are important for us, as a House of Parliament, and as a nation. Two things struck me most from the Address. The first one is a very extensive reference by the President to the nationalist covenant that has eluded the nation and previous administrations for a very long time. We, as a country, may have forgotten somewhere along the way that we are founded upon a certain process that led to the establishment of our country. The founding fathers at Independence negotiated a covenant to bring the various communities of this country together. Unless this nation continues to imagine the aspirations and goals of this covenant and unless this nation continues to expand this covenant, then it does not matter how much brick and mortar we put in place. Our nationhood, unity and prosperity are in jeopardy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President laid out clearly that the greatest test of our unity, cohesion and prosperity was what happened to us in 2007/2008. That was the greatest turbulence and attack on the prosperity of our country and the realization of the goals and aspirations of the nationalist covenant. It is in this context that we are one people and nation, founded under God and sharing a common history and future. It is on that basis that some of the things that are happening in our country today as we build, put infrastructure in place, expand our production of electric power, build our roads, modernize our railway and securitize our nation, it should be a constant reminder that we do so, because we have a common history and future."
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