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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Garane",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Hire Garane",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the President’s Address. From the outset, I commend the President for his boldness and honesty in regard to the current situation of the country. You will realise the President was bold enough to ask for forgiveness from the Kenyan people. He did so because in one way or the other during his campaign period, he knows that he wronged someone in one way or the other. That was statesmanship. That shows the desire and the goodwill he has for his country. In his Speech, the President passionately talked about the Big Four Agenda. The President knows that his legacy is pegged on the Big Four Agenda in this country. When he talks about empowerment of the national administrative service, the President cares so much about the security of this nation. He knows that by empowering the national police and the national administrative service, this country will be at peace. The President’s Speech also touched on regional stability. He talked so much about the instability in Somalia. Kenya is a regional leader when it comes to peace keeping. Our men and women in uniform serve every part of this world. They have been deployed in Sierra Leone, Sudan and many parts of this continent. The President is so passionate about motivating our KDF by visiting them in Mogadishu. This shows that the President is so much concerned about regional stability. My biggest disappointment was that the President did no talk about the measures the Government has taken or is taking to mitigate these ravaging floods. As we speak, Garufa Primary School in my constituency will remain closed because the whole village was displaced. The school compound was submerged in water. Students cannot go back. We are thinking of doing makeshift structures 20 kilometers away from where they have been displaced. It is, therefore, very unfortunate that the President did not touch on the measures the Government is putting in place to mitigate all these disasters. That was my biggest disappointment. Let me also say something about the Equalisation Fund. What Members of this honourable House need to understand is that we need to consider the letter of the Constitution rather than the spirit of the Constitution. The framers of this Constitution came up with marginalised areas because there were areas that were historically marginalised. You cannot compare the sub-locations in Lagdera with other parts of this country. The poorest sub-location in Mt. Kenya or western is far much better than the richest in Lagdera. Therefore, it is very unfortunate to talk about locations. We need to talk about marginalised areas. I beg for one more minute. I want to go back to the ravaging floods. Whenever it rains very heavily, the communities living downstream Tana River always face the greatest problem in these floods."
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