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    "id": 1175196,
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    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": "I want to start by thanking the voters in Kieni for giving me an opportunity to serve them as their Member of Parliament for two terms. For the interest of other Members, and just to insist on how special it is; in my three neighbouring counties of Kirinyaga, Nyeri and Laikipia, I am the only Member of Parliament who was re-elected in 2017. To me, the reason is very dear and I really appreciate. It is basically because of the work that we are doing and I have no doubt that I will get season three because of the work that I have done. Hon. Speaker, I also want to thank your office, and especially you. When we came here, we were naïve, we were very green but you guided us and made most of us who we are today. We have grown up. We are not where we were in 2017. As the Chair of Budget and Appropriations Committee, I have learnt a lot through the leadership of the Director of Budget, Ms. Phyllis Makau, who by coincidence is also retiring today. Ms. Phyllis Makau has been very instrumental in guiding the Budget process and all the things that we have been doing on matters finance. I wish Phyllis Makau all the best as she goes on retirement. If I were the President, I would hire her as an advisor on financial matters. We wish her all the best. I want to wish my colleagues all the best as they proceed to vie for their next terms. There are those who are going for their second terms, third terms, fourth terms and fifth terms. However, I have noted something unique and peculiar in the character of some Members. The 12th Parliament will go down in history as one of the Parliaments where Members would go to constituencies of other Members, talk ill of them and disparage them. I hope that will change. There is no point as to why I should for, example, go to Hon. Kimani Ichung’wa’s constituency and wish him ill. We have seen it and I do not understand why. We have sunk that low. I hope during the 13th Parliament, which I hope to be part of, God willing, we will be able to learn a lot from the 12th Parliament and avoid doing some of these negative things."
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