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    "id": 1202426,
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    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "I am here as the first person for the last 30 years to be re-elected in that great constituency. This shows the confidence that the people of Molo had in me and in the services that I offered them without discriminating against the various communities that are in my constituency. Molo is a cosmopolitan constituency. I note that in the Address by His Excellency the President, he saluted the great women that have been elected in single constituencies, and have been re-elected in this 13th Parliament. In the great county that I come from, Nakuru County and City, we were popularly known as the ‘Nakuru Girls,’ because we produced the highest number of women Members of Parliament in our respective constituencies. We also elected a woman Governor and a woman Senator. I say this as a proud father of a daughter, because my daughter can look forward to dreaming to be any person or be in any leadership position she would like to hold in this great Republic. Nakuru is very unique. At the start of our county, we elected our senior most, Hon. Jayne Kihara; and at the tail end of our county in Nakuru, we elected the youngest, who is yours truly speaking this morning. But of course, we are happy to have our newest Members, Hon. Mutai from Kuresoi North and of course the mamba that swallowed the jogoo in Rongai Constituency. Hon. Speaker, I would like to note the great number of young leaders or young people that have been elected in this 13th Parliament. This Parliament has highest record of young Members who have been elected as MPs. I am very happy that the young people that I was elected with in the 12th Parliament have been re-elected. I want to honour just a few, like the Hon. John Paul Mwirigi, who was the youngest in the 12th Parliament; my colleagues from Kenyatta University, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, Hon. Karemba and Hon. Pato all got re-elected. This means that we have with us a record of people that are going to become career politicians. I have often said that if you wanted to get a lawyer who has 30 years of experience, you will get plenty of them. If you look for medical doctors with 30 years of experience, you will get plenty of them but if you look for politicians or MPs with 30 years of experience, there are very few. The ones that are there now are, for example, yours truly, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Moses Wetangula, and His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya, Dr. William Samoei Ruto. This, therefore, means that this breed of young people to whom we are giving experience in politics among us will be our sixth, seventh and eighth presidents of the Republic of Kenya. 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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