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    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kamande Mwafrika",
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    "content": "Allow me to start by thanking our Almighty God for giving our country a very peaceful and smooth transition during the last general elections. I also take this opportunity to thank Kenyans for electing my presidential candidate, Dr. William Samoei Ruto, as the 5th President of the Republic of Kenya. I also congratulate the Speaker, Hon. Moses Masika Wetangula, and his deputy for their election in this House. I also wish to congratulate you on the privilege to sit on their behalf. I would like to most sincerely thank the great people of Roysambu for demonstrating confidence in me and electing me as their Member of Parliament. God works in a miraculous way. This was my fourth time to contest. The first time I contested to be a councillor in Makongeni in 1992, I did not win. I then contested to be the Member of the County Assembly (MCA) for Githurai and failed. I thought that the seat was too low for me. I decided to vie for the position of the Member of Parliament. I vied in 2017, but I did not win. I told my predecessor: “You have defeated me in 2017. Find me in 2022.” This time round he vied, but had no otherwise but to give way. I would like to assure the people of Roysambu that I am equal to the task and to the responsibilities that they have bestowed on me. Roysambu encompasses four wards: Roysambu, Githurai, Kahawa and Kahawa West. Of the 17 constituencies in Nairobi County, Roysambu Constituency is the most under- developed. There are parts of Roysambu where if you are blindfolded, dropped there and asked to say where you are, you would say that you are probably in a constituency in upcountry. In a place like Kahawa West, there are no roads. Places like Kiwanja and KM behind Kenyatta University (KU) have never been supplied with clean water. I know that the responsibility which has been bestowed on me by the Roysambu people is not a walk in the park. But I am determined to serve them and to ensure that I take Roysambu to the next level of development. Like any other constituency, Roysambu has its challenges, ranging from infrastructure development to insecurity. We have a great problem of insecurity in Zimmerman, but we are 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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