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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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    "content": "because risk is an issue that can call for attention at any time. The other one is the exit route as discussed yesterday or the day before yesterday which affected us, especially those who are more dependent on assistive devices. It was impossible. Even if my brothers and sisters would have loved to carry us, you would not have saved us and you would not have saved yourselves. So, very important is that, as a matter of urgency, the Budget and Appropriation Committee should include that in the ongoing repairs, including also the services, whether putting up a lift or building a ramp. Finally, I wish to appeal to our children, the Gen. Zs. You realise I was in the…They call it the eye of the storm or? I wish to appeal to them as a father, as a grandparent and as a leader in this country that their voices have been heard. Let them listen to us from Parliament. We have listened to them. The ongoing strikes may no longer serve the purpose of passing the message. It will encourage hooliganism. It can encourage deaths and it can encourage retardation in the development and progress of our country. History is awash with witnesses on alternatives that people have changed their governments. Some, with good intentions, have brought down governments to zero to start again and, by the time they are building their countries, it is about 50 years later. Those who brought down the system will not be there to enjoy what comes thereafter. It is important to appreciate that today in this country we have gone through a great transformation from post-independent leadership to where we are. We have a very responsive system. We have a Constitution that opens the room. There was a time you would not even demonstrate in this country and go home safe. You can do it in Kenya. You can even abuse and insult any leader at your own will. You can talk of things that cannot be accepted in a normal society. You can see how much freedom we have. That is a product of those who came before us and were sensitive in the transformation of Government management. I wish to use this opportunity, as a consumer of disability assets, to say that we cannot encourage the country to open up to civil conflict and violence. This will maim and make others cripples. We will do the same thing that others have done all over again. Generation Z, I wish to speak to you. You have the numbers. My appeal to you is that you prepare for the subsequent elections. Register as voters so that during that time, you translate your intention into votes that can change the direction of this country to what you want. That is the strength we have in this country. As I conclude, I appeal to the Generation Z, who are our children, that we mean well for them. We educated them. We took them to school and gave them the best. That is why they can argue out issues well. Can you listen to us once? Stop the demonstrations. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those remarks, I support the Motion. Thank you."
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