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    "id": 1143530,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Keiyo South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Rono",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kipkogei Rono",
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    "content": "We need to preserve the seats that our former Members of Parliament were using. We need our grandchildren to see them. We not only need to document our history but also we need to have a Parliament museum where we will preserve old furniture that this House used earlier on. Another issue that has come out clearly is the contributions that former Members made, including us now. They should equally be well documented. We have the history and people who have actually broken record by being here longer than we can imagine. I have in mind even my former MP, the late Nicholas Biwott, who sat in this House for 30 years. He needs to be documented because we need to actually know by now who has been here longer than the other and who follows the individual who is leading. That is the history we need with regard to Parliament. If countries like the United Kingdom and the United States of America are doing it, we can also do it. When we visited a certain state in the USA, we saw that they had preserved their parliamentary history. You could see a book on the history of Parliament in the USA. We can borrow a leaf from the countries that have actually documented the history of their parliaments. Our work will be easier if we carry out this important task. I commend the Leader of the Majority Party. Let us identify the right people to carry out this task because it will not just be carried out here but they will need to go out and interview elderly people and read books. It will take time. We also need resources because you cannot handle that task without the necessary resources and the technical knowhow. With those remarks, I support."
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