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    "id": 1143482,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Gikaria, thank you. You have done his country proud as the former Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy. You made your contribution that needs to also be documented. You should be fighting for the documentation of your achievements. I want to support what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. This could have come much earlier. I had never been to this Parliament before I was elected in 2017. When I came here, I wanted to study the history of this Parliament but there was nothing. When you walk along the corridors of this Parliament as you enter this Chamber, you may think that the only people who have made contributions to this Parliament are the former Speakers because that is what you see on display. I know there are Members who have done much for this House. For example, the Leader of the Majority Party used to be a Finance Minister for a long time in this country and he did well. Such contributions should be available to our people. As a Parliament, we have failed. There is a good example in the Judiciary. If you go there, they have a museum. In fact, it is a good place with a lot of knowledge to be learnt. You may want to spend three days there just to learn the history of the Judiciary. It is well displayed with people who have been judges of the High Court and other judiciary officials. So, as a House and an arm of the Government, we should borrow from the Judiciary and document our past. We are doing a new building. Part of what we should do on this side of the Parliamentary Square is to have our own museum where we can display our achievements. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have done well as one of the Members of the Speaker’s Panel. We should be able to read your contributions. As you go out to contest as a Governor, my kids and your kids should be able to follow what you have done here. There are many Bills that have been passed here and we can make a mistake because we do not have a good record of them. As we document the achievement of Members, we need to list down the Bills that have been passed here and have copies of the same electronically or on paper that students can come here and study. Majority of the Members here have done a lot for the country through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund. That is something that we need to document. Parliament is known to be a great building in this country. However, as a Kenyan, when you walk around Parliament, you will see signs displaying that you are not supposed to take photos. That is quite unfair. That does not happen anywhere else in the world. That is something that we need to change. Kenyans are proud of this House. They should be allowed to come here and take photos. We should make a museum that they can visit anytime. They do not only have to listen to us through television and radio but they can come here and learn what we are doing. With those few remarks, I second."
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