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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and happy new year to you and all the Members of the House. Mine is a very short comment. I want my brother and leader, Sen. Sifuna not to worry about a few voices that might not have appreciated the work that this Committee did in the First Session. Indeed, Martin Luther King said, if you are a street sweeper, just sweep the street so well that even if there is no one to acknowledge you on earth, the angels in heaven will see the nice work you have done and they will appreciate you. I want to state categorically, the individuals who were in this particular Committee in the First Session did an amazing job. I believe that my experience in the First Session in the House was by large, because of this Committee. The work that this Committee did in the First Session, including the individuals who are still there, including Sen. Sifuna, was amazing. I think that you will do better this year. It does not mean that the last Session was bad. I urge that primarily, the pride of our labour in this House is in making laws. I think when you leave this House or you are much older and bent double, you will remember that, indeed, you passed laws. That is the biggest legacy. I know that last year, the Committee tried to adjust the time for Statements. This was so that we give more room to passing Bills. This year, I wish you the courage to even find some more adventurous way to ensure that we deliberate on more Bills. From what the Speaker talked about, it seems that there is a bulk of Bills that have not been addressed in the House. That is the only gap that I am seeing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the membership of this Committee. It has very serious and capable leaders in the House starting with Sen. Ali Roba, the Chairperson of the Finance and Budget Committee and my dear sister, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, who is also the Vice-Chairperson in the Committee of Finance and Budget. I had a very amazing time working with them in those Committees. They have done a great job. We have always seen the wisdom of Sen. Wakili Sigei when he takes that Chair as a Temporary Speaker when you are not there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can talk about all these different amazing individuals. We wish you well this year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, I take my humble time to pass my deepest condolences and share in the pain of the loss of one Kelvin Kiptum. I cannot start talking about how sad I feel about this loss. This is because, some of us young people were being motivated by seeing how much commitment and hard work our athletes put in, in this country. I remember when Eliud Kipchoge was attempting to do a sub-two, that entire day, we, the young people, camped at the Kenya International Convention Centre (KICC) to witness this great man making history. One of my biggest delights for this year was to see someone doing it in official time. We were hoping that Kelvin would bring this home to"
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