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    "id": 726771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to the Report by His Excellency the President on the state of national security. Security is a very broad issue. As a country, we have taken some measures and as we can now see, the President has outlined three things that he has done. On this, there is national security. Today, as I contribute to this very important statement, we have a very divided nation. Most of the divisions have been caused by politicians who make statements that polarise this country and promote tribalism. The two main parties in this National Assembly, namely, the Jubilee Party and the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), have been competing for power. For us to get and realise security, we have to check on what we say outside there. The President has talked about sharing and devolution of power. In the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenyans, in their wisdom expressed through the drafters, that they want power and resources to be shared. That is why we have the national Government and county governments. We face challenges because, although devolution has come of age and there is nothing that will stop it, today, it is under threat because of the rampant corruption in the counties. We have seen cases where governors have taken it upon themselves to loot county governments dry. We have seen in certain circumstances where the priorities of the county have led to citizens’ unrest. In my county, water is not taken seriously. We have seen diversion of resources. Devolution is under threat because of corruption by governors and staff. The President talks about the rule of law. For any country to survive, progress and move from least developed to a developing and to a developed one, we have to preserve the rule of law, so that everybody feels protected. We have heard stories of kidnappings, murder, thefts and burglaries. When those cases go to court, some take as long as 30 years to be dealt with. We have to make our judicial system efficient. The judges have to deliver on their mandate. I am now happy with the new Chief Justice and the promise he gave to Kenyans and to this National Assembly. My hope is that he will deliver by making sure that the backlog of cases is sorted early enough. The legal system has to deliver. It has to work. Whenever we talk about conflicts that have remained unresolved for a long time, we always blame the Judiciary. We say justice delayed is justice denied. We should do more than that. In the Report, the President talks about democracy. It is good that we have a working Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). There are newly appointed commissioners who are acceptable to both sides. I appeal to Members that for democracy to be realised, every election has to be credible, fair and the results have to be accepted. There have to be winners and losers. We have to accept results, so that as we move forward, we do not get into a crisis where the losers say their votes were stolen or there was manipulation and they never got what they wanted."
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