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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mary Yiane Seneta",
    "speaker_title": "The Nominated Senator",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I comment on the President’s Speech, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you and my colleagues for being elected to represent the people of Kenya in this House. I would also want to take this opportunity to thank the people of Kenya from different counties for giving us an opportunity to represent them. I would also want to thank them for giving us an opportunity, through our parties, to represent them through the special seats. I want to thank the people of Kajiado County for voting for Jubilee party in large numbers. That has given me a chance, through the Jubilee party and the President, to represent the people Kajiado County. For my other colleagues who have been given a chance by their parties, through nominations, if it were not for Kenyans we could not have gotten a chance to represent the special interest groups. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the people of Kenya for developing faith in women leadership. They elected three women governors and three Senators. I would like to urge them to show the best leadership, so that the number of elected women may increase in the general election of 2022. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenyans are expecting more from our women Governors. I want to request them to perform to their best with the help of the Senate and other institutions so that they can also encourage more women to be elected so as to get the numbers in both the National Assembly and the Senate. I want to commend His Excellency the President for assuring Kenyans that there is a Government in place. The people out there may think that there is no Government in place because of the way we talk as politicians. I thank the President for defending the Constitution because it is very clear that we do not have a vacuum in the office of the President. The President came to address Parliament so that it can continue its business just like the other three arms of Government. This is a very big step towards assuring Kenyans that we are continuing with our business even if we have a repeat of the presidential election. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President also took a step to assure Kenyans that there is security in the country. I thank him for reminding our political leaders that they must perform and assure Kenyans that there is security. Apart from a few of the areas like what I have heard the Senator from Turkana saying, there might be some issues which the government is going to address. We have security in Kenya. The President did well to assure Kenyans that there is security. Secondly, I was impressed that the President assured Kenyans that we are ready to defend the Constitution. Kenyans struggled to pass this Constitution and it is good for all of us in the political divide to know that there is a Constitution that most Kenyans voted for and we must protect it. I urge the National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition to always remember that there is a Constitution in Kenya that is unifying us. We are the ones who passed this Constitution and we must protect it whether you are in power or not. Whether this Constitution today favors my party or not, it is meant to protect all Kenyans."
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