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    "id": 726797,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) H.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "out your duties, as a public servant, there should be a measure of patriotism, inclusivity, public participation and democratic ideals. If you do not believe in those values, even if you have the law and you reform institutions, you cannot deliver. Devolution has been realised in this country, but to what extent has it delivered the desired ideals or objectives? We are saying that we have a problem in the implementation of devolution because the idea was to devolve resources to the grassroots, but have we done that? Communities should not say that they are marginalised because public resources have been devolved. The question is whether those resources have been devolved to the grassroots. If they have not been devolved to the grassroots, then, we have a problem with Article 10 of the Constitution on the national values and principles of governance. If we are talking about the principle of transparency and accountability in our public servants and then we are talking about corruption - which is one of the challenges in this country – then, have we embraced these national values and principles? Do we believe in them? I remember one speech His Excellency President gave on the list of allegations of corruption in this country. That is an admission that in terms of transparency and accountability, it is still very evasive in this country. My submission to this House is that there is a problem of implementation and this Article should be read together with Chapter Six of our Constitution on leadership and integrity. Until we operationalise Chapter Six to the letter and spirit of our Constitution, national values and principles shall still remain elusive in this country. They are there in black and white, but we do not believe and have faith in them. We do not believe in the ideals of these principles. Perhaps what is lacking here is leadership. As the Member for Gatanga, I am saying that unless we operationalise Chapter Six of the Constitution on leadership and integrity, national values and principles in Article 10(2) of our Constitution will still remain elusive."
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