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    "id": 1267447,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13582,
        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, all of us seated in this House went for elections on 9th August, 2022. Some of us had several competitors and others had few competitors. We defeated some with big and others with smaller margins. Life moved on. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know that in the true spirit of democracy, there must be a winner and a loser in an election. It is very unfortunate that indeed, after every cycle of election, we have to go through this round of circus. We have a nation to take care of. We have a responsibility as leaders to ensure that generations to come will look upon us and say, yes, we elected people who are responsible and can take care of democracy. That calls on us to move on whenever we lose because we have elections every five years. It is very unfortunate, deceptive, and a mockery of democracy that we can stand and call for demonstrations by Kenyans because we want to bring the cost of living down. The cost of living can only be brought down through hard work, and people planting and harvesting. Since there is a God who lives, we are going to have a bumper harvest and enough food. However, there are those who are convinced that unless they are in power, then this country can never be in peace. It is so unfortunate that we, as a House, can stand here and debate how we will actually destroy Kenyan property in the name of bringing the cost of food down. It does not take a genius to know that you cannot bring the cost of living down by destroying property or maiming people. As it has been said before, we have seen teachers demonstrate and doctors go on strike. We have never seen a life being lost. We are asking, how many people must die for Kenyans to know that this country is bigger than them? How many? That one person has every five years successfully fought the government. It is very unfortunate that we are standing here losing precious time when we could be discussing Bills about lowering the cost of living and the cost of power. I wish to say that the Bills that we have in this House ---"
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