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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Julius Kibiwot Melly",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Tinderet",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, I would like to thank God for enabling me to come to Parliament for a second term. Two, I would like to thank the people of Tinderet for showing confidence in me and allowing me to represent and serve them again for this five year term. I also want to congratulate all Members who have made it to the 12th Parliament. I know it is difficult to go through campaigns. It is not very easy. I would like to thank each and every Member who is here. Moreso, I want to thank and congratulate our President for having won on the 8th of August. He carried out a very good campaign in the whole Republic. We saw the kind of campaigns Jubilee Party carried out. In October, we are going to win with 70+1. Hon. Speaker, the Speech by His Excellency the President showed the statesman we have in the name of Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. He came to this House to inaugurate the 12th Parliament, as is mandated by the Constitution. The Constitution does not spell out, if, when or who is supposed to open Parliament. It states the President of the Republic of Kenya shall open Parliament. When our NASA opponents say that President Uhuru is not supposed to inaugurate the 12th Parliament, I wonder who else is supposed to do so. I would urge my colleagues to appreciate that the Constitution that was promulgated in 2010 provides for three separate Arms of Government. The Executive is working and running very well under the leadership of the President, his Deputy and the Cabinet - the whole Government system. The Judiciary is also working well under the leadership of the President of the Judiciary - Chief Justice Maraga. I do not understand why our colleagues would not want the third arm of the Government to operate. It is this third arm of Government that has been given the mandate by the people. It is the Sovereign will of the people that has enabled us to be here. When we were being sworn-in here, we took an oath to be faithful, respect, honour and abide by the Constitution. When our colleagues do not come to this House and yet they swore to abide by the Constitution, be faithful to the people and ensure that the Constitution is implemented – in fact, it is indicated that they do so consciously – they are not living to their oath of office. I tend to think that they are appearing here technically, and that they do not understand the seriousness of the oath they took in this House."
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