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    "id": 1113312,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1113312/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think the petitioner has a very good thinking. He thinks that we have selective judgment on elective offices. If the President can only serve for two terms, why would the other officers be exempted? Parliament is a training ground for bigger responsibilities in the Republic of Kenya. Therefore, when we have people training for lack of a better way to put it, it horns their skills so that whenever they are given bigger assignments, they will be able to serve Kenyans in a more informative and in a better way than they are doing now. Dismissing the petitioner summarily will be unfair because he has reasons why he raised the Petition and it is only fair to listen to him and get to know what he has to say. It is only fair now that we have many elective offices, we have the governor and the Senator and, maybe, you need to do two terms in one office and move to the next one. He is encouraging people not to get to their comfort zone in one area so that they can think of other options which are there. Like you, Hon. Speaker, you are going in for the presidency and I think you can make a very good President of this Republic. We support it because Parliament has been 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."
}