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    "id": 697914,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697914/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to reply. Let me start by thanking all the contributors to this Motion. Clearly, looking from the contributions, there has been a concise articulation of the issues that were raised in that report. In the general feeling and promotion of the need for Kenya as a country to move towards open government systems, this is a partnership that we can take advantage of so that we can push to the next level. It is an important platform that we can use as we move to the future into better industrialization and more development for this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the tenets of being members of this particular partnership; Open Government Partnerships (OGP) is an open forum and as much as we have the 66 countries there, that membership is quickly increasing. The peer review processes are very rigorous, and I encourage that Kenya continues to play its part in the peer review in both reviewing other countries and in getting itself reviewed in putting out the data that is essential for that review to happen. I think with this particular approach, we will be going in the right direction because as the Senators have said, this is already articulated in our Constitution where we are talking about public participation and the need for organizations to come on the fore. As a Government tool, the more public participation you have and the more open you have the systems, the better governance you are going to have. With those remarks, I beg to reply."
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