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    "id": 1167716,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will vote. I thank you. Today is a very special occasion. I have sat here for quite a long time and spoken to the public more than 3800 times, looking at the HANSARD. Today I am happy to see you wear your full regalia which is something that is very good. On that note, let me thank you for respecting culture and allowing me to stand here to fully to represent my culture, the great people of Masaai. This demonstrates your commitment to appreciating the diversity that exists in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the 31st August, 2017 when I stood right next to you on your right hand side and I took the oath of office, I swore to defend the Constitution. I believe my time in the last five years has demonstrated that keenly that I stood and gave nothing, but hard sweat and blood in defending the Constitution and also fighting for the rights of my people. When I was listening to you give your Communication, a few things hit me hard. They are things that I hope that the future Parliaments will be able to always put to the front. First is the issue of revenue allocation to our counties. I know very well that devolution is still very young, but our counties need money. We spent 13 Sittings here all fighting so that we can send money to our counties. That is the biggest achievement we have had in this Parliament that would go down as one that we will always be remembered for. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for being very patient with us. It was a very emotional period because everyone had their own views. Others wanting money to be shared based on the size of the population or the size of the land their people occupy."
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