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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Samwel Chumel (",
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    "content": "Kapenguria, UDA): Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to support this Motion. I want to congratulate Hon. John Kiarie for coming up with this good idea. Just like other Members have mentioned, I saw him when he was young. Sometime back when we were having tea with the late President Moi and the late Hon. JJ Kamotho, we watched him with a friend as he imitated the late Moi and his friend imitated Kamotho. The two guys were really enjoying the comedy. I also enjoyed. I thought they were going to be mad, but they really enjoyed it. He has today brought a Motion and I know with the support of this House and the current Government, we will go far. When we talk about artists, I remember in my place there was a time when the neighbouring communities would not see each other; the Karamojong and the Sebei of Uganda, and the Pokots and the Turkana of Kenya. An athlete, Tecla Loroupe, came up with a peace caravan where she invited artists from all the communities to come together for entertainment. They used their own languages to teach their people how to behave, and that changed a lot. You no longer hear these communities fighting. A Member has mentioned Eric Omondi and Churchill. Both were students at Daystar University. There was a time when Omondi could not even raise half of the school fees for his education, but now, he is beyond some of us who had salaries and were paying for our school fees. I want to say that this young man, Hon. Kiarie, has brought a very good idea. I know other young people are following and are prepared to do something. I agree with the Member who said that we must walk the talk. Some of us have been here for a long time, and it is unfortunate that you can come up with a very good idea, but it will not see the light of the day. You will get papers from here gathering dust in a certain corner and nothing will benefit Kenyans. I think we need to be serious on this one here. We also have to get the right committee from this House to do a follow up. If we just say that we are going to do this and that, somebody will come and ask us to get money yet resources are being wasted elsewhere that would have otherwise done tangible things to touch the lives of Kenyans. I do not want to say much because my colleagues have already mentioned them. We have to support this Motion. I support."
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