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    "id": 896678,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Waluke",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to also speak. I must say that the President’s Address to the Nation was very balanced. The President gave a lot of hope to the nation and the people of Kenya. Even before the Speech, many people were wondering what the President was going to address. To me, our President is a very wise person. For the many years I have known him even before he became the President, he is a development-conscious president together with his Deputy. That is why I was attracted to cross over from the party I used to be - ODM - to join the Jubilee Party. The President talked about very many things that attracted the people of Kenya. Many of us have spoken about corruption. The President cannot fight corruption alone. It is the duty of all Kenyans in this nation to join him to fight corruption. Corruption is bad to every nation. In Kenya, there are people who want to make headlines in the media. For the past few months, we have seen in the media that there is very big corruption in the Kenya Pipeline Company. It is said that Kshs9 billion was stolen and then after three months when people were taken to court, again we heard that it was Kshs90 million. So, the DCI and EACC should tell Kenyans the truth before they take people to court. Last time I checked, they took people from Kenya Power Company to court and after a month or so, those people were released. Ten people were released because there was no evidence. The money that was said to be in billions turned out to be Kshs180 million. I am wondering why they lie to the nation and the world that this has happened and yet it did not. The President talked about many things including the handshake. The President did good to bring Raila to government. I thank the President because in Kenya, we now have one government and one party which is Jubilee. We appreciate the President for that. Before, you would have seen almost all the Members from the other side opposing the Presidential Speech. Now I am happy that there is no one who is opposing because we are one Government. That should continue. The President should stop because he cannot continue greeting Raila for two years. We know him as a development-conscious person. The greetings are enough. The President should get back to his Deputy to develop this country. I support the President for the Speech and the handshake that he initiated. The economy has gone down."
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