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    "id": 1175234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "to one another. How I pray that in the next Parliament we will have the patience to listen to one another. Allow your colleagues to articulate their issues and have the opportunity for a rebuttal to anything that they say that does not please you. As you can see, I am in a yellow shirt. And I must announce it is a mitumba shirt. Even the court, tie and trouser I am wearing are mitumba . They are all nice. I believe I am looking smart in this outfit. Even as we say do not insult others, and I am on record I have had tremendous respect for the former Prime Minister, as vehemently as I have opposed his policies and political persuasions, I have never insulted him. I will never insult him, neither will I ever insult Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of the Republic of Kenya or as a person. But I will criticise them. I will tell them the truth as it is. Those who believe they are gods, I will tell them I believe only in one God the Almighty. I can never worship a man and no Kenyan will ever worship another man. As leaders, let us have understanding hearts of our people. Our people do not wear mitumba clothes because they like wearing dead people’s clothes, as you tell us. They wear mitumba clothes because you have captured the State. You have strangled the economy. You have strangulated Kenyans to an extent that they cannot afford the designer clothes that you wear. Today, I decided to wear mitumba clothes in solidarity with the people of Kenya who are being insulted for what they wear. I ask the people of Kenya on the 9th August, remember those who care about you. Remember those who care about your economy, your families, your livelihoods and those who want to build your economy from the bottom up. I can see time is passing. I promise the people of Kikuyu that as I have said, kazi iongee . As we say where we come from, wira warie, I am saying I am proud of what I have been able to achieve as a Member of Parliament even as I ask them to give me a third term to continue serving them and serving the great people of Kenya in this Parliament. Tuonane Bunge lijalo ."
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