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    "id": 1582658,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sabina Chege",
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    "content": " Five minutes are okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I do not want to be interrupted because that would disrupt my line of thought. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have had demonstrations before, but we have never heard of people raping their own mothers and sisters. Yesterday was a sad day for me as a mother. Today, I woke up and decided to don the national flag and pray for my nation. A time comes when you say: ‘‘Come, let us reason together.’’ Our young people, the Gen. Zs, are our children. They may have something they wish to say. We can have a national conversation that starts at the ward level, where the young people can get a forum to express themselves. The same can be done at the constituency level, not necessarily with Members of Parliament, especially if they feel they cannot trust us but, possibly, with professionals available at every village or constituency. I tell our young people: ‘‘No pain, no gain.’’ If they do not want to sweat or get tired but choose to sit in the house, a time will come when they will be required to offer themselves. I come from Kinyona Village in Murang’a County. I came to Nairobi City for the first time after I cleared Form IV. I started off as a house girl because I had picked tea from November to February that year and felt I did not want to pick tea again. I came to Nairobi to seek greener pastures and that is how I became a house girl. From there, I went into acting. I once heard a girl say that nowadays, you knock doors where you are known because that is the only way to get opportunities. I wish to remember the Late Kibwana Onguso, who did not know me. He was Luo, not Kikuyu. I went to the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and asked The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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