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    "id": 1167425,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Patrick Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I want to commend our Deputy Speaker, Hon. Cheboi, for chairing such a momentous task of amending our Standing Orders. It has enabled us to have greater progression in terms of our responsibilities of oversight, legislation and representation. The strides that we have taken into accommodating the views of all the Members, and trying to seek out the talent that is brought to this House by our citizenry in Kenya are outstanding. This is through the expansion of Committees and seeking to see how we can govern better the issues that the people give us to mitigate against. When it comes to oversight over the various Departments within Government or the Executive, Parliament has taken a great stride. Yet, we do not get any accolades. That, indeed, when Kenya talks about a growth of 5 or 7 per cent, a lot of this is attributed to the efforts that this House has puts in. It has to go on record that politicians play a big role in growing our country through the role that Parliament plays through the Committees; and the able staff that we have. We have outstanding resources in this House, which is also outstanding. To this end, I want to commend you, Hon. Speaker, as the Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), and the staffing role that you play in enabling this House to have quality staff, whom when we reach out to, they give us great input and enable Members to contribute greatly. We, therefore, look forward to the prosperity of the next House. At this juncture, I also take this opportunity to thank all the Members whom we have served with, and support them as they go out to seek votes to enable them come back and serve Kenya in the bigger roles that they will come in, in growing our Country. Again, we will be participating in the next level, which is the actual inculcation of these great amendments to our Standing Orders, and be custodians for posterity of the generations of Kenyans to come. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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