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    "id": 1196039,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in congratulating Hon. Duale on his achievement as an appointee of the President to the position of Cabinet Secretary. Hon. Duale has had a chequered career as a legislator. If there is one thing we all agree with, even those of us who were on the opposite side with him previously, it is that he is a man whom when given a task, gave it his all. Many people would refer to him as a workaholic. He did his research well and was ever prepared. No wonder when he appeared before us in the Committee on Appointments, he did not disappoint. Amongst the nominees that came before us, he was one of the few whom I never gave much problems. That is because of who he is. Hon. Duale has set a record. He came to this House a term before me; this is his fourth term and I am serving my third term. He has been elected for a record four times consecutively on different parties. The first time on the ODM party ticket, second time in 2013 he came back on URP ticket and in 2017 he was re-elected on the Jubilee Party ticket. This time round he came back on UDA party ticket. This is a record which I think many of us may never break. It goes a long way to demonstrate the fact that his people have confidence in him regardless of the party he ran on. Finally, we wish to encourage him as he transits to the Executive to continue with the spirit of engagement so that the differences between the Executive and Legislature can be continuously narrowed for the good of the country and our people. Hon. Speaker, thank you very much and may God bless him."
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