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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Benjamin Langat",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Ainamoi Constituency",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. My names are Benjamin Langat from Ainamoi. Before I speak on the Motion, I want to make a few comments, this being my first speech from the Floor of this House. First and foremost, I want to thank my constituents from this House, whose efforts have brought me here to speak for them. As hon. Members know, earlier this year, my brother was brutally murdered in Eldoret Town. Today, I want to thank all the hon. Members who came out very strongly to support us during that very difficult period for our family. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the two weeks I have been here, I have been observing how hon. Members do business in this House. I have noted that there are some hon. Members who would like to do business in the way it used to be done in the past, in the sense that they do not want changes. I have also observed that there is quite a majority of hon. Members who want to change the way things used to be done, not only in Parliament but also in the Government. Looking at the way things used to be done in the past, maybe, by the Government, nobody in this House will be proud about the way things have been happening. That means, there has to be changes in the way the Government does business. That change can only come if, we, Members of Parliament, are also willing to change, so that we can change the other organs of the Government. Therefore, I want to urge my colleagues that we change the way things have been done in the past, so that the Government can also change its ways of running this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the recent past, the concept of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) came up. From my observation, I believe that, that was the most important concept that ever came from Parliament. It is only through the CDF that the common"
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