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    "id": 1055018,
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    "speaker_name": "Mbeere South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Muturi",
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        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Kingagi Muturi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me add my voice to congratulate you for your recognition by the Council of Elders of Njuri-Ncheke at Njiru. Hon. Speaker, Members here might not understand that before you went to Njiru, in the shadows of Mount Kiang’ombe in Kanyuambora, the Council of Elders of Mbeere, known as Ngome, had already met and decided that their son was mature and ready to move out and face the world, and gave you their blessings. I stand here as a proud Mbeere. I am sure all the Mbeere people are proud this afternoon to see you being recognised beyond Mbeere. This afternoon, you received accolades from both sides of the House. Those who do not always agree have all agreed that your leadership has been recognised. However, I fear that moving forward, many factions will be approaching you. Hon. Kamket has already invited you to some grouping. We are not giving you accolades because of belonging to a group, but because you remained neutral and became the Speaker for all and whenever we disagree, we approach you. Moving forward, I want to note that the reactions from this House are reactions of Kenyans who are watching this afternoon. They have followed your tenure as the Speaker and they know that they can trust you. I hope you do not fall into some trap of these partisan groupings and join in our fights. I hope you stand as a true elder and be the arbitrator in Kenya. As I speak, Kenyans are very apprehensive and we are not sure where the leaders are taking them. They are not sure what 2022 holds, but it is only your character that can calm their nerves and give them hope. You have been blessed by the people of Mbeere, Embu and Mount Kenya East. I hope that wave will continue all the way to Turkana and the Coast and Kenyans can finally find somebody they can rally behind. With those few words, I congratulate you."
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