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    "id": 756555,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Nyaribari Masaba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to first and foremost express my very sincere thanks to the Almighty God for being so gracious that he gave me and all of us the opportunity to serve for this term. I also congratulate you and the Deputy Speaker for being elected. I also take this opportunity to thank the people of Nyaribari Masaba for having confidence and faith in me. It is a great honour that they have bestowed upon me by giving me the opportunity to serve them at this particular time. My remarks concerning the Speech given by His Excellency the President to this august House last week will touch on three pertinent and cardinal issues that came out very clearly in the Speech. First, it concerns the Constitution of this country which is the foundation and core of the nation. Our survival as a country means that we have to uphold it. I also thank His Excellency the President because he has not only shown but demonstrated that he is clearly able to obey, uphold and defend the Constitution of this country. As much as he does not agree with the ruling of the Supreme Court, he has accepted and moved on. I request my fellow Members of Parliament to emulate what His Excellency the President has done because we cannot go on condemning the Supreme Court. Let us respect it as much as we do not agree with that particular ruling. Secondly, His Excellency highlighted peace and security of our country because we know that indeed the prerequisite of all aspects of development is security and peace. As a country, we have to stay united. The President has made it very clear that we are one people. Language or religion should not differentiate us because we are one. Our focus, challenges, aspirations and needs of the people of Kenya are one. His Excellency is determined to deliver on his agenda. We know that he has a development agenda for each and every part of this country. Look at the infrastructural projects that he has initiated. Look at every other aspect of development that he has been able to initiate in this country. Indeed, each and every one of us should give him the support that he requires so that he can leave a legacy and deliver the development agenda for each and every part of this country. Where I come from, people require services to be delivered. They want to improve their lives. Our women walk long distances in search of water. Our youth want decent jobs. Our people want to improve their livelihoods. I think that is why we swore as Members of Parliament to discharge our functions diligently, conscientiously and faithfully. Therefore, when we make technical appearances we are not being honest to the people of Kenya. The people who came up with their Standing Orders never envisaged that at any particular time a Member of Parliament who is called honourable would make a technical appearance only. It is time we revisited that particular aspect of the Standing Orders such that if we find that some of our colleagues are behaving in a way that amounts to wastage of public funds, then we should do something about it. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 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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