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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I want to thank you for having worked with me in the 11th and 12th Parliament. I also want to thank the Clerk of the National Assembly, various directors in all our directorates, the able and competent staff of the National Assembly; my colleagues from all shades of political persuasions in this House; Hon. Amos Kimunya, who took over from me; the Leader of the Minority Party, whom I worked with in this Parliament and the previous Parliament; my colleagues in the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group, who gave me an opportunity to be their patron, as well as all those I worked with in the precincts of Parliament. This is my 15th year of service in this House and I want to thank the people of Garissa Township, formerly Dujis Constituency; for giving me an opportunity to represent, legislate and oversee Government operations on their behalf. They elected me in three different political parties, signalling that it is not the political parties that they elected. They elected the person, Aden Duale. I have walked a long journey with many people. I have worked with the former Prime Minister, who I was with in ODM in 2007; the former Vice-President, Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka whom at one time left Hon. Maanzo and I without a party; Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, whom I was very loyal to until recently when he felt that he did not believe in friendship and loyalty; and, above all, the only man who has maintained our relationship for the last 13 years and believes in 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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