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    "id": 896864,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896864/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues who have spoken before me to congratulate our President for the good Address to the nation and to this House. The reports before us by the President are to do with international obligations, realisation of national values and state of national security. Those are the three reports which the President laid before this House. The President’s Speech was very balanced and it touched on the main issues which many Kenyans are struggling to get answers to. The President touched on the issue of corruption in the country which has been a big disease and it has brought development in the country to almost a standstill. The good thing is that the President said whenever we are addressing the issue of corruption we should follow the due process. It is very important that we have laws in this country which address issues of corruption. We have the constitutional institutions which are mandated to check on issues of corruption. As a House, we need also to strengthen institutions like the EACC so that they are in a position to fight economic crimes which are very rampant in the country. I want to thank the President for saying that we should avoid the vigilante groups that are lynching individuals and tarnishing peoples’ names using newspapers and some social media sites and, instead, we use the Constitution. 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."
}