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"content": "the President directly, this is one speech that is well balanced. I am very proud of it as a legislator and as Kenyan. Our President started by looking back to look forward. He looked at the journey we have come, including, giving accolades to the Eleventh Parliament and the institutional framework that they have put in place to ensure that we devolve and put Government structures that lay the foundation for our economic and social development. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the first order of business, I am in praise and in support of this speech because the President started with acknowledging and reminding us why we are here and who has brought us to Parliament. The people of Kenya are the reason we are here. This is profound in many ways. We could not start setting goals and discussing interventions and looking at agenda items without first identifying who it is we are doing all these things for. So, for him to have acknowledged, prioritised and placed at the apex of his strategic direction, the people of this country, and then, other things flowing from it, is at the height of strategic clarity for our President and country. I am impressed. His State of the Nation Address on 2nd May, 2018 did just that. It made sure that the people of Kenya are put at the apex of his strategy. His speech reminded us that going forward, the mission of our nation will be defined by a new and profound awareness and understanding of the needs of our people. Therefore, we cannot start to discuss other things. I am very happy that this is how we proceeded. This speech touched on everything that drives success in any society, its people, institutions, capacity, resources, systems of governance and processes. It reminded us of the importance of our values, most importantly as individuals and as a nation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, at a time that we are seeing the paternalism of the ruling class growing so mighty, the power groups have grown too arrogant, leaders and politics grown too corrupt, our crime levels are too rampant, our morals too low, taxes too high for services that do not even exist sometimes, this mention of our value system and our principles as a nation is timely and, perhaps, the single most important thing that we should be focusing on above everything else. We have all seen that a lot of things are not right with our nation. It is not necessarily the socio-economics or manufacturing sector. It is the value system. I am very happy that he reminded us of these things because they lay the foundation for how we do business, achieve and win together. The President acknowledged the challenges the country is facing in the utilisation of public resources and promised to continue to build preventive tools. While I laud the President for accepting there is a problem, and clearly of course there is; what with all the conspicuous increase in wastage and consumption that we are seeing and why we, of course, support to do our bit in this, I wish to see more action in this as opposed to just mentioning that there is a problem. How can we do that? Of course, as legislators, we also bear the responsibility to action some of these things, and for the Senate which is the custodian and oversights county governments and our resources; we definitely need strategic action and interventions. We need to go beyond just talking about and acknowledging the existence of these things so that we are seen to be serious and doing something about these things. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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