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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The constitutional tenets of the State of the Nation Address are Articles 10, 132 and 210. Specifically, Article 10(2)(b) talks about non-discrimination and inclusiveness. One of the biggest problems in this country is tribalism. Article 10(2)(c) talks about integrity, which touches on corruption. Article 240 talks about State security. The President covered all these areas but there are two fundamental flaws on his Address. Firstly, there is a lot of lamentation and you expect the President to give direction. For example, on the issue of devolution, the President lamented how the governors are not using the money voted for them. Secondly, where the President gave results, he gave results of processes you cannot prove they touch on people’s lives. I will demonstrate this. When he talked about nationhood and recovery from 2007, how can you recover from 2007 and bring nationhood if up to now there is no effort to find out who killed who? The International Criminal Court (ICC) has exonerated everybody and we still want to pull out. He talked about nationalists covenant and said that it is sacred. I agree, it is sacred. There is absolutely nowhere in the statement where the President says how you can achieve this sacred thing of nationalists covenant. 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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