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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I rise to support the Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am surprised that hon. Members of this House can discuss issues of national importance as if they do not live in this country. They speak as if our children will not be brought up in this country or they are ready to leave this country tomorrow when it falls apart. When one talks about matters that affect this nation, especially with regard to the economy, one has to be very serious. We have watched on television, hon. Members of this House calling upon the governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) to issue travel advisories to their nationals against this country, citing security lapses at our airports. I wonder why that has to be the case because most of the hon. Members who say such things come from the poorest parts of this country. The children of the people they represent here are the ones who require the free primary education. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when an hon. Member makes utterances that can hurt the country's economy, he is not hurting himself, because he earns more than Kshs500,000. He is hurting children from the poor families who require water, boreholes and relief food. Unfortunately, such hon. Members do not feel ashamed when calling upon foreign governments to do everything possible to sabotage this country's economy. These people are digging deep holes into which they will be the first ones to fall. For the first time, Parliament should distinguish between issues that benefit us, as hon. Members, from those touching on the interests of our children and this nation generally. As human beings, we have our own weaknesses. However, much as a Minister may have offended the nation, we are still living in this country. Ironically, it is the same hon. Members who are asking the House not to approve this Vote today who will call the Minister when they hear the sound of a tyre burst outside their residents, to tell him that they have heard a bomb blast. They will ask the Minister to beef up security in their areas of residence."
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