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"content": "(Hon. (Ms.) Beatrice Pauline Cherono Kones): Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Almighty God for giving me a chance and blessing me to be in this House through the people of Bomet East. I am Hon. Beatrice Kones, Member of Parliament for Bomet East. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and the Speaker of the National Assembly for being elected to head this Assembly in the 12th Parliament. I also want to congratulate the people of Bomet for voting for me and giving me another chance to serve them in the 12th Parliament. I also want to thank and congratulate all the Members of Parliament for being elected to the august House. I want to take this opportunity to thank the people of Bomet for producing a female governor, Dr. Joyce Laboso, who was also the former Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament, serving in this House. On the President’s Speech, I want to join my colleagues in applauding the President for the wonderful Speech he gave during the State Opening of the 12th Parliament. He gave confidence to people of this country and emphasised that there is no vacuum in leadership. I want to thank the people of Kenya for turning up in large numbers on 8th of August when they voted in President Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of choice for the people of this country. I thank the President for respecting the ruling of the Supreme Court. Once again, he has embarked on his campaign to get votes from the people of Kenya. I want to urge my colleagues that anytime we are out of this city back to our respective constituencies, we urge our people to turn up in large numbers on 17th October to overwhelmingly vote for Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta to be our next President so that he can complete his second term. I also want to emphasise that the people of this great country of Kenya voted for Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta because of the development record he has registered in the last five years. Every part of this country has had a good record of development because of the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta. I also want to applaud the President for encouraging the Kenyan women and also for giving us advice so that as women, we can also put up a brave fight in the male-dominated field of politics. I am happy to say that the number of women who were elected to serve in the august House is quite good. We keep adding the numbers and we thank the people of this country for recognising the leadership of women. I want to pride myself with the 10th Parliament, where I served because they delivered the new Constitution. Through the new Constitution, the 11th Parliament managed to implement devolution and entrench it as an institutional framework. I know the 12th Parliament will continue implementing the new Constitution which will really work for Kenya. In his Speech, the President also encouraged the 12th Parliament to uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and its institutions. I encourage my colleagues, Members of Parliament---"
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