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    "content": "I feel very privileged to be part of this Tenth Parliament. I thank God and the good people of Saboti who elected me to represent them here. Many years ago, they had sent different representatives from that region, some of whom went to the Lancaster House before I was born. These were Henry Pius Masinde Muliro, Wafula Wabuge and a very distinguished lady, the late Priscilla Abwao. Those were the three people who came from that region, who were at the Lancaster House, and who brought the first Constitution at Independence. They were able to live for over 40 years and they saw that Constitution distorted. They saw it torn apart through many amendments that had left both body and soul--- Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in 1992, the late Masinde Muliro was amongst those who were in the Lancaster House, who joined the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenneth Matiba and Charles Rubia. We had the “young turks” then, who included Messrs. James Orengo, Gitobu Imanyara, Raila Odinga, Paul Muite, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o; the late Messrs. George Kapten and Wamalwa Kijana; Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi and Mr. Musikari Kombo, amongst others, who joined the veterans who were at the Lancaster House, and started fighting for a new constitutional order in this country. This House must pay tribute to those reformists who have stayed faithful to the course. We are privileged to have people like Martha Karua in this House. We cannot, and will never, overlook their contribution to this course. Indeed, after August, 1992, Masinde Muliro was the first one to “exit” when the clamour for multiparty democracy was in high gear. In 1996, Wafula Wabuge “exited”. Amongst the three persons who were at the Lancaster House, the last one to pass away was the good lady, the late Priscilla Abwao."
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