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    "id": 726824,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report by His Excellency the President. What we see in the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta is an attempt to comply with the Constitution. He is honouring the oath of office that he took to defend, protect and live by the Constitution in guiding this country to prosperity. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Report, principally for one reason, which is that for a sitting Government to provide the National Assembly and the people of Kenya with an audit of what it has been doing, is in itself demonstration of what the leadership of the day must provide to its people. When the Jubilee Government took over, we thought terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism was going to tear this country apart. We must appreciate our security agencies such as the National Intelligence Service and the KDF for having managed to come above what was considered to be a major threat to Kenya’s national security. As the Hon. Member for Jomvu said, matters security are not the responsibility of those who are in Government or Opposition only. Securing Kenya must be done through collective effort of all citizens. That way, we shall be prosperous. Our Democracy is a nascent one. At slightly over 50 years, this country is still finding out which path to follow. We are a collection or galaxy of tribes in this county. We have big and small tribes in this country and all of us look at democracy through different facets. The application of democracy is based on the following: where do you sit? Which tribe do you come from? Are you from the majority tribe or the minority one? If we must walk the talk of making Kenya a stable and unified country, we must not fear to address the issue of tribalism as a major threat to our State. I come from a region where cattle rustling is rampant. In the past it used to be a cultural practice where youngsters raided homesteads to gather enough cattle which they would 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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