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    "id": 1199022,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Mwenje",
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        "legal_name": "George Theuri",
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    "content": " Finally! Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Like most new Members would say, we have been waiting for quite a while. Being my maiden speech, let me start by congratulating all the elected Members of Parliament. I also want to give a vote of thanks first to the Almighty God for giving me this chance, to the people of Embakasi West who voted for me, to my family, my wife, my children, my sisters, my brother and all those who campaigned with me in Embakasi West. I want to thank them for their support. It is obvious that my surname is quite common in Parliament. I recognise that my father served in this House. He made a name for himself while seated right here. Without him, I would not be here. To those Members who are in their third term including yourself, at times, a good name is its own reward. I also recognise some of my late father’s friends who campaigned with me, the likes of Hon. Kamanda and Hon. Ndolo. There are so many people who supported me. I cannot mention all their names. I thank the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance family in Nairobi, comprising of the Jubilee Party and the ODM Party. I also wish to thank the first Member of Parliament for Embakasi West, George Theuri, for his service, for conceding and for his candour. I move on to Embakasi West, where during the campaigns, there were quite a number of issues that we spoke about. I know I cannot speak to all of them. The people of Embakasi West require better infrastructure and roads. My constituency has some of the worst roads in Nairobi County. We get water once a week, or none at all. We have raw sewage spilling all over. When it comes to education, my constituency has 14 public schools versus a population of 284,000 people. We have about 120 students in each classroom and that is even on the lower side. One of my wards - Mowlem Ward - has only one primary school. Umoja One and Umoja Two wards share one secondary school. I come from a constituency where bursaries are issued on a first come, first served basis, and only the first 1,200 to queue benefit. Something has to change. 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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