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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to respond to a number of issues in the light of what you have said. Taking into account the submissions made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I do not know whether to put the records straight on a number of issues or just to comment. But, generally, I want to say that Kenya is a premier nation. It is a premier nation in the context of the regional politics, economic and circumstances. Kenya is a humanitarian hub and that is why it is a premier nation. That must be respected at all times. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the face and the heart of the Republic of Kenya and the people of Kenya. That is why the core values of this Ministry are, first, to promote the image of the Republic of Kenya and secondly, to protect the image of Kenya and thirdly, to protect the image of the Republic of Kenya. Given the circumstances, this is a critical Ministry which is totally different from any other Ministry. To that extent, all the activities of this Ministry must, as much as possible, be transparent and adhere to the rule of law. Constitutionalism is totally different from having a Constitution. I am not a lawyer. Constitutionalism is an offshoot of having a good Constitution. I want to pay tribute to those gallant Kenyans who fought for the advent of multipartysm. I had the privilege of serving in this Parliament before. Every aspect was clearly under the ambit of the Executive. In the eighth Parliament where I served, this Parliament was listed as one of the departments of the Office of the President. Constitutionally, we are three arms of Government namely the Judiciary, the Executive and the Legislature. However, the Legislature was a small Department with a tiny one line budget under the Office of the President. We struggled in our own way, first and foremost, to have the Parliamentary Service Commission. I am proud to be a Member of the Tenth Parliament because under your leadership, we have changed the face of the Kenya National Assembly. We have changed the legislative history of the Republic of Kenya. I want to tell my colleagues that without a Speaker who sees beyond the noose of justice managing parliamentary debates, even the report we did would not have been possible. I must admit this because it involved going to different continents and having a lot of logistics. Without the Clerk, yourself, the Committee and the generosity of the Liaison Committee, what we did would not have happened. To that extent, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed in one way or the other in making sure that the Committee lived up to its expectation."
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