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    "id": 896839,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Soy, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Kositany",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Kipkemei Kositany",
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    "content": "We also congratulate His Excellency for having recognised the efforts of one teacher, Mr. Peter Tabichi, who has put Kenya on the world map on issues of education due to his dedication to help the less fortunate in our society. That is a great achievement. On the issue of fighting corruption, we support His Excellency the President. We are happy that he put it very clear in his Address that vigilante groups and newspaper headlines will not help us fight corruption, but serious investigations will. We are happy that we are no longer seeing screaming headlines. We know the fight against corruption is going on vigorously. On the issue of the handshake, we want to say that we are happy when we see those who were opposed to Jubilee programmes accompany the President to China to go and source for further funds for the development of the SGR. We are very glad. We ask that this House becomes the one that initiates and proceeds to build more bridges. With regard to the issue of the security of the nation, MPs and all Kenyans are very key. It was very disturbing when we saw and heard last week that some MPs had their security withdrawn. We also heard that there was a hitch when the Deputy President, who is the Chief Deputy Principal to His Excellency the President, visited a part of this country. There was no security to receive him or provided at his function. Security is a very key issue. We ask all officers given jobs not to take any verbal instructions from anybody. That is because what we hear is that there was a verbal instruction for security to be withdrawn from MPs and other centres. We want every security officer and every officer of Government to ensure that whatever instructions you are given, be they even from the President or the Deputy President, are in writing. That is so, so that you do not to misuse the offices you occupy on behalf of Kenyans. As much as we appreciate the handshake, we would like to ask our brothers in the Minority Party not to forget that they have a duty to be the watchdog or to be the watchmen over the Government in what it does. We would like to ask them not to over-embrace the handshake and forget that they still need to perform their duty as the Opposition or the Minority Party in the House. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support."
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