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    "id": 1095369,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. On my own behalf and that of the people of Suba North, I wish to give my condolences to the family, friends and Kenya in general for the death of Hon. George Nthenge. This was a real democrat in the days when democracy had any meaning. Unfortunately, we now have people who purport to be democrats while they are not. Democracy has become insane. We wear it and remove it like a petticoat. We do not take it seriously because we have a very short memory like that of a Warthog. We forget where we have come from as a country and we have made democracy a very cheap issue. Hon. Speaker, I am listening to Members talk about their own memories of 1991. I remember during the Saba Saba Day I was on my way to visit a friend of mine in Nyahururu. It was a great day in this country. That time I did not know that I would be a leader in this House, but we stood outside as the great leaders were passing and we were shouting and screaming. In that entourage there were Kikuyus, Luos, Luhyas and the common agenda was democracy. Unfortunately, right now we have moved to “ tumbocracy’’ (selfish interests) and have forgotten democracy. Even when we are talking about democracy, it is basically to further the agenda of making ourselves richer and pushing other people down. We only change the language, make it flowery, change the terminology but we have forgotten about Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, how I pray that we go back to the height which we have fallen from and consider Kenyans first and not ourselves. Finally, it is a tragedy that in this country, when we lose great heroes, we come and eulogise them for one or two minutes, go to their funerals, play politics and they are long forgotten. We need to take it more seriously, for those who fought for the democracy of this country, we need to do something more serious for them when they are alive. Even if they have already died, we need to remember their own families so that people can know that it pays to fight for this country. I know there were days when I was in the university that if you had to read an article you had to hide in the toilet. I think there was “ Beyond Magazine ”. Now when I look at the things for which The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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