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    "id": 1133880,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Speech by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya and applaud him for being candid. Since yesterday, I think I have heard two speeches that have really pleased me: One was by the President and today, I have also heard one from Hon. Sankok who has decided to open up and not to live in a bondage of not being truthful. I was keen to listen to the Presidents’ speech yesterday from the beginning to the end. There are lessons that I learnt from the speech. That is what I would want to dwell on because he pronounced himself on the various things that the Government has done. One of the things that I learnt is about making timely choices and standing with those choices. At the times that there were challenges in this country, the President has had to make choices and out of those choices, there are those that took advantage to pursue their own interest and depicted a picture of a President that was not making the right choices. Due to those choices, we did not end up in what we would have ended up in as a country. That is why we managed the corona and the election violence that was emanating from 2017 elections, did not escalate to war in this country. Unfortunately, since the violence did not escalate to war, people take it lightly. However, some of us take it seriously that at that time of challenge, the President was able to make a choice 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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