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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, I want to thank my colleagues. Over 78 Members of the National Assembly have contributed to the President’s Speech. I am sure in their wisdom they have hailed the President’s Address. In summary, the President’s Speech had serious hallmarks that you can pick. One of them is that we must forgive each other. The Leader of the Opposition and the President together with their two running mates in the last general election have set the pace by asking for forgiveness on our behalf. I am sure as leaders who represent the people of Kenya at the constituency, we need to take that gesture of peace and reconciliation among our people down to the people. Second and most importantly, I am sure we are aware that the President has set the pace again in the war against corruption. As a budget-making House and a House that has an oversight role as per the Constitution, it must be at the forefront in protecting public resources. The people who elected us to this House have given us the powers to legislate, represent and above all, the powers to oversee the Budget that we make. I urge the departmental committees that today, they will make their presentations to the House and will oversee the billions that will be allocated to various departments and represent all of us at the committee level to make sure that every penny that this House will appropriate in the next seven days is not wasted or corruptly acquired. We have a single moral authority to make sure that we, the representatives of our citizens, are at the forefront to protect the taxpayers’ money. The other key issue is that all of us must be together regardless of our party affiliation, the religion we profess, the counties and the communities we come from. We must be at the forefront as ambassadors of peace, unity and reconciliation. Kenya is bigger than all of us put together. There have been serious issues with the political class. We have been accused by many in many quarters as a people who use politics to divide our people along ethnic and regional lines. I am sure time has come for the country called Kenya and the people of Kenya are more important than all of us. Finally, I really want to ask Hon. Wandayi, the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Hon. Abdullswamad, the Chairman of Public Investments Committee (PIC) and his Committee members to make sure they burn the midnight oil to make sure the PAC regains its 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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