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    "id": 257534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
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        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": "a very important occasion; an occasion when I can sit with my family and my constituents. It is an occasion when I have time to go round my constituency and see the various groups of constituents. I want to persuade my colleagues that we should go on recess because we have many issues to deal with. It is not only the Finance Bill. We have issues of climate change and the global recession that is, not only in Kenya, but all over. I want to persuade my colleagues that we are not saying that we will go for three months. I want to agree with my colleagues, Prof. Ongeri that we can even come back after Christmas. However, this concerted effort of people trying to compete with the Executive is not necessary. I want to share something with some of the younger Members of this House. I was once challenged by a Member of Parliament who said to me: Dr. Wekesa, you do not speak very much in Parliament. Do you know that I am the Number One speaker in Parliament? I told him that I speak when it is necessary. I also told him that I spend a lot of time in my constituency. He said that he makes sure he contributes to every Bill. In the ensuing election, I came back, but he did not. I want to share with my younger colleagues here that their constituencies are just as important as the contributions in this House. If they do not believe me, I will tell them this: In the last Parliament, it is only 33 of us who came back. About 30 per cent came back. If you insist on always being in this House, Dr. Noah Wekesa will be Governor in Trans Nzoia and you will not be Members of Parliament. I beg to support."
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