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    "speaker_name": "Wajir CWR, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Fatuma Gedi",
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        "legal_name": "Fatuma Gedi Ali",
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    "content": "first time Member of Parliament, it has been a learning session and it was quite a good experience. There have been ups and downs. As a first timer, you will not learn everything but you keep learning. There are many people who have helped me in my achievements. I want to thank my colleagues in the committees and the clerks of the various committees I have served in, who helped me to learn very fast. Where I come from, it is not easy for a young woman like me to make the strides that I have made both locally and internationally. In life you need to have consistency, loyalty and confidence in whatever you do. That is when you will achieve what you want to achieve. Hon. Speaker, you also serve as the Chairperson of the Powers and Privileges Committee. I have encountered many controversies, one of them being the famous manufactured fake video. I sincerely thank you because of the way you conducted those proceedings with fairness and allowed Kenyans to know the truth. I would never wish for that to happen to any person or leader. It was a trying moment for me and I am happy that I had good friends and colleagues who stood with me. I thank Hon. Sabina Chege, Hon. Naisula Lesuuda, Hon. Gladys Wanga and Hon. Sophia Abdi Noor, who is also my mentor. Those are the women who stood with me. You conducted the inquiry with fairness and showed Kenyans that what happened was wrong. I thank His Excellency the President for trusting me. The achievements and projects that I have accomplished for my people while serving as a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee will bring me back to this House. My advice to the voters is that they should not change their leadership mid-way. They should give their elected leaders opportunity to learn and help their people so that when they come back, they continue with the work they started. I wish all my colleagues well. I hope those who are going for re-election will come back so that they help their constituents and counties. Finally, I wish the presidential candidate for Azimio la Umoja well. He will win the elections. Thank you for the opportunity, Hon. Speaker."
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