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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to speak to some of the challenges, milestones and successes. I want to consider the Constitutional process as one of the challenges that we faced. Many people do not know what we went through, I guess because as leaders they presume that we are very strong. I have said it here before, but I want to repeat that when we finished with Naivasha, because the entire country was looking at us and hoping that we got through, it was a very stressful moment. Many of us were actually admitted. Immediately we left, I remember hon. James Orengo was actually airlifted from Naivasha. I think that many people did not even know that. Even though the public only sees the negative, but a lot of the hon. Members sacrificed to ensure that we got a new Constitution. Therefore, one of the major things that we did was the Constitution and the enabling pieces of legislation that went with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, at a personal level, once I was nominated, I committed myself, because I am a hardworking person with targets. I set up a strategic plan as a Nominated Member of Parliament and have fulfilled it. Many times people have not understood why I speak to virtually almost every legislation. That is because I decided that I was going to mainstream what we call crosscutting issues, whether it is in roads, water or injustice. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of the laws that we went through included the appointment of the Attorney General and Chief Justice. Even though it was a law that almost brought down our Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, I thank the hon. Members that we managed to go through it. Indeed through it we were able to get a good Chief Justice. Mr. Speaker, Sir, through this process I have met very many good Kenyan citizens and hardworking Members of Parliament. Indeed, it has been an eye-opener for me even in terms of the way Parliament works. In the past, I was always demonstrating against Members of Parliament. Perhaps, if I go outside again I might, but not as much as I did before, because I know what it entails to be a Member of Parliament. You are a social security system and take care of virtually anything and everyone in this country. I guess it is one of the things that members of the public do not know. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage the hon. Members that even as we go out there, let us preach peace, put ethnicity aside and remember that at the end of the day, we are all Kenyans and one. I wish all hon. Members well and success in all that they do. I can say, God bless you!"
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