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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Chepchumba",
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        "legal_name": "Peris Chepchumba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute. I strongly oppose the Motion. In fact, the hon. Members on the other side of the House, who are really pushing for the passage of this Motion, so that we can go home, are not sincere. We, on this side of the House, are sincere with ourselves. We do not need to go home just because we want to go and articulate issues. As the Member of Parliament for Eldoret South Constituency, I have serious issues which need to be articulated in this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day, I brought a Question about the Ogiek because I am passionate about my people. I also have Internally Displaced People (IDPs). What do I go and tell those people? They are suffering. I need to be in this House to speak on their behalf. I am sure that my colleagues agree with me on this one. Time has come for the Tenth Parliament to make changes, which I know it will. We, on the Back-Bench, should not be taken for granted. I want to correct a Member of Parliament who said that it is only the nominated Members of Parliament who do not want to go on recess. I am an elected Member of Parliament, and I feel that it is wrong for anyone to say that they do not want to go on recess because they do not have constituencies. In fact, nominated Members of Parliament represent more people, because they belong to everybody in Kenya. I am sure they are right. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have the issues of teachers, landless people and IDPs, among others. We want the Tenth Parliament to take these issues seriously. That is why we want to continue working and bring more Questions to this House. I know that the Members on the Government fear the kind of Questions we bring here. With those remarks, I strongly oppose the Motion."
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