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    "id": 896312,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896312/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to also add my voice to this important debate on the President’s Address. It is actually a constitutional requirement. It is important that the President was able to address the House. I just want to pick about three items from his Address because of the time limitation even though I would have wanted to talk a lot about other things. Let me focus on the issue of national unity. In terms of the national unity, the President emphasised in details on what is expected in terms of Kenya remaining one united country. To me, what was very important was the focus he put on the BBI. I remember in his Address, he actually mentioned very many times that we will not look back when it comes to the issue of BBI. To me, this is very important because many Kenyans have been complaining about being excluded from the mainstream Government. Through this initiative, Kenya is going to be a country where everybody will feel like he is part of it. He was very specific that through the population census and the NIIMS initiative, they are going to make sure that every Kenyan will feel part of the Government. The other important part is the issue of devolution. The President mentioned that up to now, Kshs1.7 trillion has been pushed to the counties to make sure that there is development at that level. I am looking forward to a situation where even those resources will be increased to make sure that we have more development at that level. Why am I saying this? It is because it is through devolution that in Kenya, as a country, we are now seeing development being spread all over the place. Actually, depending on how the resources are being managed from county to county, many counties are benefiting and developing to levels which are even higher than the national level. 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."
}