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    "id": 895752,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to give my comments on the President‘s Address and to also commend him for the speech. People are always quick to see negative things and hardly see the positive when it comes to leadership. Presidency is not easy. People are quick to say that the President should have done this or that yet they could not have done what they are asking the President to do. I commend the President because he talked of national values which are in Article 10 of our Constitution. Patriotism, inclusivity and unity are important. The President started his Speech by looking at Article 10. He talked of the national and internationals. As a nation, we cannot consider international obligations if our house is not in order. Therefore, the Speech was well crafted. The President said that he is committed to ensure that the international obligations are achieved. Kenya has ratified a number of international conventions. It has ratified the convention on the rights of children and issues of disability. By doing so, Kenya is indeed saying that it will conform to international standards. It is good that Kenya has an obligation to international standards but it also has to be governed by those laws. Some aspects of international conventions have been enshrined in our Constitution, but it is unfortunate that at times we fail to defend what our Constitution stands for, more so when it comes to issues of disability. This is an issue that I will talk about when I am here. I will continue talking about it until this House comes to an end. As a country, we ratified a United Nations convention but we are not doing what we stand for. I want to give an example of the five per cent representation. That five per cent representation of persons with disabilities---"
}