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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Masara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Today I am a very happy person. I am very happy because the right things are happening when I am still in this House. I want to appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Amos Kimunya, for presenting such a Motion at the right time. Without history, we cannot know what happened before we came into this country. Therefore, I support this Motion because it will help the current generation and even future generations to understand the history of our Parliament. At one time I happened to visit the oldest Parliament – the Parliament of the Isle of Man in Britain. If you get to that Parliament there is a specific officer who will use 30 minutes to take you through its history. At the end of that officer’s presentation you will ask very few questions about that Parliament. You get informed and you contribute from an informed position. Today is a very good day. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as much as other communities are struggling to maintain their traditions, the community you come from has tried in that respect. Today God has done a good work that you are the person sitting on the Chair to officiate this Motion. History will also be written that you are a leader from that community who is also going to vie for governorship. That cannot go unwritten. You know if we do not document such information, people may not know. Remember the reasons as to why I support this Motion. When affirmative action was introduced in this country, many female MPs were nominated but in the subsequent election, some 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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