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    "id": 323683,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Motion. I have squatters in my constituency, and I find it offensive for any land near my squatters to be allocated to squatters from another area. I want to commend Dr. Khalwale for this Motion, and ask that the hon. Members who have been put on the Committee should help us because this is actually an intervention measure that should have come a little bit earlier. We do not want politicians to use real issues on the ground to try and become popular. I want to agree with others who have spoken before that we have also a responsibility as leaders now to talk Kenyans out of land. This is because land is diminishing very fast in this country, and we must work hard to ensure that we have another source of livelihood. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also have a responsibility as leaders within and without this House to check on our utterances. It makes no sense to make some very hopeless utterances out there, only to rush to the Floor and apologize when you have already inflamed the country. It is just the other day that another Member of Parliament came to my county and likened us to dogs. He has not apologized! Now I can see his cousin is calling others thieves. There is another one yesterday who was quoted in the media insulting other people. If you want to become popular, just look for other ways of becoming popular. Do not insult others. The way to popularity is not through insults,"
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