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    "id": 1073547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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        "legal_name": "Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for that direction. I am guided. What I was saying is that this House is supposed to protect the interests of the Kenyan people and not the interest of Government. I say so because we as a people represent Kenyans. We must ensure that our contribution in the name of passing Motions, Bills and Reports is to assist Government to deliver better services to Kenyans. I am opposing this Motion because we cannot be giving Kenya Airways money every year. Because of management, for one reason or the other, they are unable to get back to profitability. I see very many ills being committed to Kenyans by this Government but it is being assisted by this House. You saw what happened yesterday where the police entered a tallying centre and began to beat people and everybody. You have seen the Governor of Bungoma pronounce last week, that he has the February Eighteenth Resistance Army (FERA) blood. The February Eighteenth Resistance Army was a group in Bungoma. It was similar to Mungiki . These people are still moving around. If this House will continue ticking boxes for Government, if this House will continue aiding Government to commit more ills to Kenyans, I would rather resign than be part of a group of people in this House—people that are simply processing what the Government brings here without being guided by the interest of Kenyans. I want to make it very clear and urge Members of this House to oppose this Motion. The Motion is brought here not in the interest of Kenyans but a few businesspeople who are part of the State machinery that is capturing the economy of this country. So, I oppose this Motion."
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