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    "speaker_name": "Chesumei, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Biego",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for according me this privilege and honour to make my Maiden Speech. I have really waited for this opportunity. Thank God I finally have it. It goes without saying that the real honour is to the great people of Chesumei Constituency who, in their wisdom, accorded me the opportunity to be part of the 13th Parliament by immensely electing me to represent them. My name is Paul Kibichy Biego. I congratulate you, Hon. Speaker and your deputy, on winning the confidence of this House to lead the legislative agenda. I also extend my congratulations to Members of this House. Let us join hands to make substantive deliberations. I thank God for the far that he has brought me. I also thank my family, more so my wife, who unconditionally supported my ambitions and aspirations. I cannot forget to thank my campaigners who came together in large numbers to form ‘Team Paulo’ through which we collectively combed villages and homesteads seeking for votes. Further, I wish to convey my gratitude to my party, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), and the Kenya Kwanza family led by His Excellency Dr William Samoei Ruto. The party’s ideals and manifesto not only resonate with me but also with the people of Nandi and Kenyans at large. As Martin Luther King Jnr once said, if a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets like Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” Today, I stand 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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