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    "id": 1196041,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me also to congratulate my very good friend and senior, Hon. Aden Duale. I appreciate the opportunity he has been given and he deserves it. I want to speak about the last Parliament where in the last term, I served as the Majority Chief Whip. Hon. Duale gave me lots of guidance on how to lead this House. He told me the only instruments I need in this House are two - the Constitution of Kenya and Standing Orders. He taught me with these two instruments, I would speak without fear or favour. Therefore, as I stand here, I am serving my third term. Hon. Duale, I owe you gratitude as you exit this House. You are a wonderful colleague whom I will miss in this House. His mastery of the processes of the House gave him advantage. He could not allow you to speak if he realized that you had breached the processes and procedures of this House. The leadership that is there today, let us guide others. Let us mentor our young colleagues who have joined this House so that we come out with stronger legislators in future. By virtue of mastering of the two instruments which Hon. Duale gave me, you can only compare him to the late Martin Shikuku. There is no way he could allow you to speak outside the two. Finally, in terms of guiding the leadership of the House, I wish to thank Hon. Duale because he showed me how to assign responsibilities to colleagues without fear or favour. He guided in terms of placement of colleagues in various Committees. Without anticipating debate of future placements, those who will be coming forth, let us follow suit on how he led us. Hon. Speaker, thank you. I wish Hon. Duale well as he goes to the Executive. 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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