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    "id": 1065572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the Bill talks about the responsibility of the citizens. If you allow me, let me use the word uzalendo . It means patriotism. It is the love for your country to grow and be a place that you are proud of. For the first time, we are going to have, over and above the duties of the State, the citizens bearing the responsibility to ensure that we move forward together as a country. I would use this example: I hear most of the time people say that the community from where I come, namely, Luo, have fought so hard for this country. It is said we have fought so hard for the change in this country yet at the end of the day, we are marginalised. When people are called out to go for reforms, say, in Eldoret and they are ten of them, you can be sure six of them are Luo. If ten people die in Mombasa, you can be sure six of them are Luo. We are now saying that every citizen should - I heard Members talking about ensuring that we all have a duty to protect the Constitution - know his or her role, duties and rights to ensure that in future, it is just not two or three people on whose backs the responsibility rests. It is quite important. The two gentlemen said that, in the handshake document, they realised that for this country to grow, they have to cede some ground. They have to cede some of the things they would have loved to do. We have put the growth of this country on the backs of very few people, namely, party leaders and tribal kingpins. We want this now to be a shared responsibility for the citizens. The growth of this country is something that all of us are proud of and should participate in without problems."
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