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    "id": 349131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this very important sine die Adjournment Motion. I would, first of all, like to thank the Speaker. I happen to be his Vice-Chair at the Parliamentary Service Commission. It is good to appreciate the good things individuals have done for this country. The Speaker happens to be one of those people. Indeed, managing this great and ever quarreling Coalition would be the most difficult thing for any Speaker since Independence. It is not that I have a problem with the Coalition, but I think you know the kind of difficulties the Speaker has experienced. I am sure he must have had many thoughts with regard to managing coalition issues. I am glad that the term is coming to an end without any threat to the nationhood of the Republic of Kenya. This Tenth Parliament is one of the greatest that this country will ever remember. This Parliament saw the birth of a new Constitution that we had been yearning for, for a long time. Where I come from, and you know this because you represented many people from the marginalized groups from that region, this Constitution is the beginning of our Independence. When other Kenyans talk about Kenya having got Independence in 1963, the people of northern Kenya and other marginalized regions say that they have got their independence as a result of the promulgation of the new Constitution. This is not a small achievement. I want to thank the membership of this august House for it dedication, determination and ensuring that Kenyans---"
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