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    "id": 1054997,
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    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the people of the great Constituency of Funyula, I take this opportunity to congratulate you for your coronation as an elder of Njuri-Ncheke . Indeed, that is a very big honour and I trust that you deserve to hold that position. I hope that you will use that position to advance the ideals, virtues and values of the people of Kenya collectively. Kenya is one undivided country, and we should not descend to partisan and tribal cocoons that do not support the ideals of the people of Kenya. I hope and pray that you be a voice of reason as well as a bridge to unity, prosperity and indivisible Kenya. There have been many people who have been appointed to the so-called councils of elders, and they simply turn out to be elders for hire. Indeed, in this new political dispensation, one of the most lucrative businesses is to become an elder of hire. Today you are hired to go and coronate this person; tomorrow you are hired to go and endorse another person. At that rate, you embarrass and bring disrepute to the position of a council of elders. I pray and hope that you will make us proud. For those who are joining politics, and probably, who aspires to rise to such big positions, we look upon you as role models so that we do not feel embarrassed wherever you go. Hon. Speaker, you have served us well in this House and you will continue serving us. In your long history, we wish that, as you go, you also continue to mentor others. The many years you served in Western Kenya in various capacities in the Judiciary are well noted. The only regrettable part, on a lighter note, is that, as I walk around, I see no “photocopy” of you in the entire Western region."
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