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    "id": 346257,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Prime Minister for allowing us to blow our own trumpets. There is no better opportunity than now. This Parliament has played a crucial role in fighting corruption despite the lack of co- operation from the Government. This is a Parliament which saw Ministers step aside from their offices because of the work done by this House. The Tenth Parliament is where the role of Committee has really improved and the general public has come to appreciate what the Committee of Parliament can do and what Parliament can actually do to serve their interests. Mr. Speaker, Sir, although we started on a very shaky ground, I wish to thank my own party leader, the Prime Minister and the President for having kept this Government moving. I do remember one time when I visited the Prime Minister’s office - I have to mention this case because he might not be aware of a Kenyan lecturer who was stuck in a university in South Africa with a bill of Kshs18 million – after the Government’s intervention, that lecturer was flown all the way from South African to Nairobi Hospital. He has now recovered and has gone ahead to apply for a job in the National Land Commission. That shows that my party is where to go. To conclude, there have been failures by all of us especially when it comes to addressing salaries of civil servants. These include the policemen, the nurses and the lecturers. I wish we could have done slightly better. It is my prayer that when we take over this Government that the first agenda---"
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