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    "id": 157622,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether the Tenth Parliament or the President and the Prime Minister will rise to the occasion as the Speaker said. Sometimes, we wonder whether the Tenth Parliament will be the one that enters and finds a distinguished place in the annals of history as the Parliament that gave this nation the Constitution that they had long desired; as the Parliament that brought about reforms in our institutions, whether it is the Judiciary, the police and other institutions in this nation. Will this Parliament be the one that bickered itself into the dustbin of history; the Parliament that could not agree even on the constitution of Committees of the House or parliamentarians who refused to pay their taxes; or the Parliament that was divided as a House along tribal and partisan lines? Will we be that Parliament when history is written? I think it is something that we need to pause and think about. For the principals, we know that they have demonstrated leadership before. We know that at the beginning of last year when this nation was at its lowest ebb, indeed, the two principals rose to the occasion by signing the National Reconciliation and Accord. By stopping the post-election violence, they rose to the heights of statesmanship. In the days ahead, the same level of statesmanship they demonstrated last year will be required of them so that the national interest is put above partisan, regional and sectional interests. Only they can provide that leadership!"
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