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    "speaker_name": "Lang’ata, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phelix Odiwour",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First of all, let me take this opportunity to congratulate you for having been elected the Deputy Speaker of this House. I also take this opportunity to thank the people of Lang’ata for giving me the chance to represent them in this august House. I thank Team Jalas that put up a very big battle. The battle for Lang’ata was not an easy one. I take this opportunity to also thank my party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), and my party leader, Raila Amolo Odinga, who supported me all the way to the end. I thank the teams from Mugumoini, Highrise, South C, Nairobi West, and Karen Wards. Most of the Members here are my constituents. Thank you for your support. I take this opportunity to, again, thank my family that was with me in the battle. I picked one thing in the President’s Speech that is very key for my constituency, which is affordable housing. I am happy that the President is coming to Lang’ata this week for the launch of 4,500 houses in Zone B of Nyayo Highrise. I take this opportunity to tell the people of Lang’ata to be ready. This project has taken long but it will finally come to fruition. Secondly, I would like to talk about the Hustler Fund. I would like the fund to be given to the Members of this House to care and be in charge of it. We campaigned with the hustlers and we know them better than anyone else. We were with them. I also want to talk about the savings that the President talked about. If the Hustler Fund is coming, let the savings also be directed to the hustlers themselves so that they receive and save them on their own. Let them not be given to anybody else. For Lang’ata, I want to talk about stalled projects. We have a case in South C Market where the land has already been allocated. They are just waiting for a few confirmations and approvals from the county government. I request the county government to expedite this so that work in that market can begin in earnest. I also thank the team that has been pushing for Mugumoini Market to start operating. Chairman Alois, I know you are watching. You asked me to push for this market. The lawyers who are here, help us push for this market so that the small battles we have in court can come to an end. We want this over and done with."
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