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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I want to support the President’s Speech. There are those who have complained that there are certain issues which were not included in the Speech but I thought that, that is why we have this debate so that what was not included in the Presidential Speech can as well be debated openly now. I will start by saying that, as Kenyans, we like playing politics more than anything else. We cannot play politics from the day we were voted into this Parliament to the next day when we are going to be out of this Parliament. We must differentiate between the time of politicking and the time of sitting down to work. If you look at what Obama has done in the USA, within 100 days, at least, there is something you can attribute to him whereas for over one year, we are still politicking! There is a global crunch where we, as a country, can find ways and means of thwarting it. The crunch is being felt within our locations, districts and provinces. It is being felt! It is a matter which we must come out and see a way of preventing it instead of politicking. There is a period for politics. We cannot politick from day one for the next five years without coming up with a tangible decision; something that will add value to the people of Kenya. It is quite painful that, in this era, the 21st Century, we can still call our colleagues names. Nonsense!"
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