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    "id": 1055033,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiambu CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, the elder who is now bestowed the honour of being elder of the Njuri Ncheke, the man who has the elderly respect from the communities of the Mt. Kenya region. As a woman leader, I must say that this did not just come as a mistake. The elders must have sat down, evaluated and re-evaluated you from when you started being in the public limelight to where you are today. We are used to negative news covering Members of Parliament over the weekends. On our screens, we see Members of Parliament chasing each other in funerals. We see negative news concerning Members of Parliament wanting to be the first ones to be vaccinated against COVID-19, which is not true and such like negative news. However, you gave us the best piece of news over the weekend. We saw you walk in honour and pride representing the great men of Mt. Kenya in that event. There was no heckling, stone throwing or police in sight. It was a well-managed calm event that you held. That tells us who you are. It tells us that you are a sober and contained leader and a man of respect. I, however, looked around, but did not see the women of Mt. Kenya in the event. I am hoping that you will soon collect yourself and host women leaders, the Nyakinyua’s, so that we can bring you the blessed porridge, so that you can ably represent the great people of Mt. Kenya. When I say Mt. Kenya, it is not only Mt. Kenya East, because I have heard some Members talking about Mt. Kenya East. We are talking about Mt. Kenya because you are the son of the mountain. Well done, Hon. Speaker. You are now the elder, the very great elder who will bring soberness in the Kenya political topography and arena. I look forward to the day we shall hold by-elections without the fracas that we saw over the weekend. As a leader, I felt pained when I saw a woman, an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission official, being frog-marched by men. It does not matter what side of the divide you stand when it comes to politics, but we must respect humanity. We cannot allow such kind of scenarios when police are watching. Where were the police when a woman was being frog- matched by men? It does not matter what she was carrying. There are courts of law in this country where such a person should be taken. We cannot stand and watch that kind of scenario in our political arena. Hon. Speaker, we look up to you. We see you as a man of few words, but of serious impact when it comes to creating soberness in events of such nature. We look forward to seeing you move forward. I love this phrase that says: “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop the fight”. Do not stop the fight, but stand there. We look up to you. You are our mentor and we are with you. Thank you and congratulations."
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