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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Speech which was made before we went for the long recess. From the outset, I want to commend the President for the Speech, which was different in a big way from other speeches that he has been giving in this august House. He dwelt so much on peace and unity for our country. The President was fulfilling his constitutional requirement of addressing the House to give us highlights on issues of development and the direction in which the country is going as far as growing our GDP and other issues are concerned. However, most part of his Speech was centered on unity, peace and living together. He highlighted why he decided to meet and agree on the way forward for this country with Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, whom he was competing with. Without peace, there would not be any development. Without unity, there would not be any investment. Foreigners would shy away from coming to our country and I believe at the moment, we are getting a great change and foreigners are coming into our country to do business with us. The President, without specifics, touched on the issue of corruption, but after his Speech, monsters in the form of corruption have erupted. I pray that after the handshake and the many speeches which he has done in this country in several other places including the Madaraka Day celebrations in Meru, the boomerang bounces on every person found culpable of corruption. We are waiting as Kenyans to see. Since the President has the goodwill and has declared in public, nobody can say that they will be hiding under the President’s ambit. Let the law enforcement officers in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Judiciary play their part. The Chief Justice said that he will not have sacred cows as far as corruption is concerned. Kenyans are waiting to see people in jail and their ill-got properties sold so that the money is returned to the Exchequer. Kenyans are waiting The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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