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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, all these documents are available at the Table Office, which Members can access. I will go one by one on all the documents tabled by the President. We need to deal with them because we expect, under the Constitution, the President to be back either in the month of March or April, looking at both his diary and the calendar of the House, to come and fulfil this year’s constitutional provisions for him to come and table similar documents. On the measures taken and the progress achieved in the realisation of national values and principles of governance, as enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution, it is noted that these values and principles give us a sense of purpose and guide our choices and actions, which must inspire our determination as a country to build a cohesive and prosperous nation that is based on justice, freedom, equity and national unity. The Republic of Kenya is a democracy founded on the national values and principles of governance, with values that underscore our collective aspiration to transcend our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, and for us to live in peace and unity as one indivisible nation. This is shown clearly through the establishment in the Constitution of a devolved system of government, which has continued to give us that national unity as well as the power of self-governance to the counties. Devolution has given every citizen the power to govern themselves and their resources at the county level. It also gave us the power to recognise the rights of communities to manage their own affairs and ensure an equitable distribution or sharing of national resources. Above all, the Constitution has decentralised State organs, functions and services which are brought closer to the people. The promotion of integrity, good governance and transparency and accountability was noted in the Report as key to governance. In November 2015, His Excellency the President declared corruption a threat to national security. It is only this administration, of all the administrations that we have had, that has taken the greatest role in empowering, both in terms of human capital and resources, independent institutions. They are given the powers to fight corruption. More resources have been given to the EACC, DPP, DCI and the Auditor-General. Further, all enterprises doing business with the Government must sign a business code of ethics through the Procurement Oversight Authority. His Excellency the President has ensured that all Government Ministries, departments and agencies contracts and reports on measures taken and the progress achieved every year are reported both to Parliament and to the presidency. All this is geared towards the realisation of our national values and principles of governance. The President, through Executive Order No.6 of March 2015, directed all public institutions to give priority to programmes and projects that have direct impact on the welfare of citizens. This is part of his wider agenda and the agenda of his administration in transforming the life and welfare of citizens through the implementation of programmes and operations on various tenets within Article 10 of the Constitution. The PFM Act, the Public Officers Ethics Act, the Leadership and Integrity Act and the basic tenets of corporate governance are the hallmark of this Government and the administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The main objective of the first part of this Report was to examine the extent to which the national values and principles of governance were actualised in public institutions that comprise constitutional commissions, independent offices, State corporations and Government Ministries. The private sector is not part of the document presented to this House by His Excellency the President. Let me go to the next report that the President tabled. That was on the progress made in the fulfilment of international obligations of the Republic. It is the first time in the history of Kenya that we have documented Kenya’s foreign policy. This was launched on the 20th January 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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