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    "id": 1261692,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support the Petition. It is a very serious Petition. Preceding the presentation of this Petition here, there have been public protests and demonstrations about this road. The social media has been awash with people protesting about the state of this road. The fact that it has called for the citizens to present this Petition here shows the ineffectiveness of public institutions or the laziness of the people serving in this Government who have to wait for its citizens to come to Parliament to get service. This is happening across the country. We have, maybe, a Government that is deaf. I urge the Government to be sensitive to the plight of Kenyans especially those from regions that ideally voted for or supported it. Last week we were talking about public protests and we said here that we should allow Kenyans to protest here at the National Assembly. The Leader of the Majority Party said that Kenyans do not need to protest here. This is an example that we have to be open and democratic and allow Kenyans to express themselves wherever they are. More fundamentally, let us urge this Government to wake up and serve the people that gave them the mandate to rule. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support."
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