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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to, first of all, congratulate you on your election as the Speaker of this House, and the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Shollei. I also thank the Almighty God for this very distinguished opportunity and privilege to serve in this House for a third term now. I served with you in the 11th Parliament in the Senate. I was elected to this House in the 12th Parliament. I have now been elected for a second time in this 13th Parliament. I take the opportunity to thank the people of Gilgil from the five wards: Elementaita, Malewa West, Gilgil Town, Eburu/Mbaruk and Morendat wards. They had the confidence to elect me to represent them in this House. I do not take it for granted, and I promise them that the opportunity and the foundation we put in the 12th Parliament, this Parliament can only get better and bigger. We will definitely work towards making it a model constituency. I take this opportunity to also congratulate my colleagues in this House. I take it as a special opportunity to congratulate the women elected Members who represent single Member constituencies in this Parliament; the 29 of them and the four of them coming from the great Nakuru County: Njoro, Naivasha, Gilgil and Bahati constituencies. We have shown the way that it is possible and doable. Hon. Speaker, I look forward to this 13th Parliament for one reason. It is a vibrant Parliament which has more re-elections than have ever been in history. We have never had 60 per cent of us being re-elected in this House. It is a major milestone. That means that we have the institutional memory that is required to run this Parliament. It has also been restructured in terms of the committees. We know that a lot of the work goes on at the committee level. Having 41 Committees – that is 20 Departmental Committees and 21 Select Committees – means that the work will be spread out very well and the working will be better. I am also very proud that you served as a Senator. I hope that these bicameral relations, just like it was noted by the President in his Speech, will improve in this 13th Parliament, because we represent the same people in our constituencies and counties. We hope that the sibling rivalry that we have seen before will reduce. Whether you serve in the Senate or the National Assembly, we work for Kenyans. We have gone round, because some of the people who were in the 11th Parliament in the National Assembly ended up being in the Senate in the 12th Assembly, and they were complaining. The same has also happened to others, who have become Governors. I hope that we realise that in every place we are elected, it is Article 1 of the Constitution that donates the sovereignty we practise and are proud of. It actually belongs to the people. I also hope that the issue of bicameral relations that we are talking about and sponsoring of Bills by Members across the two Houses can be actualised so that we have a better and smoother House. 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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