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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oyugi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, providence has occasioned that I also experiment with the standing to be recognized by the Speaker, which I appreciate. I would like to contribute to this Motion for Adjournment. First of all, I would like thank the constituents of Ndhiwa for giving me a short stint in Parliament. Indeed, it was very exciting. I thank them and I owe them dearly. I would like to thank my party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) for giving me an occasion to be a Member of the party. I would also like to thank my colleagues in Parliament for helping me grow. Indeed, I had a chance to hit the ground running. I did not have a chance to crawl. I thank the colleagues I worked with very closely in the party; Mr. Magerer Lagat, Mr. Oyongo- Nyamweya, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona and others. Thank you for helping me grow. Thank you, Mr. C. Onyancha, for helping me to understand the Standing Orders and the various constitutional principles. I owe you dearly. This Tenth Parliament made several milestones and I think it is not in very many jurisdictions that you find a country that makes a constitution in peaceful times. I think the Tenth Parliament of Kenya goes down in history as having made tremendous efforts in terms of passing the new Constitution. I also think that this Tenth Parliament did a lot of legislation. They burnt the midnight oil in its literal meaning. I think the number of legislations that have been passed are really commendable. I know you are leaving Parliament today and, of course, citizens are not very happy with the send off packages that is alleged to be very heavy but I think we need to change how politics is done in Kenya and that can only be done by making sure that the various legislations we have done on campaigns should make it very cheap to run and be a Member of Parliament. I had a good chance of being in a couple of Committees; the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. These are very interesting Committees, if you may ask me. I saw how law is made and I saw the wrongs that several people did for this country, the proliferation that went on and I think it is unacceptable. There was corruption and I think we must do our very best to stop this kind of thing. To my colleagues, I know this is an election year. The Tenth Parliament came in under very interesting circumstances. The year 2007 is history that Kenyans want to bury and do not want a repeat of. I would like to appeal to my colleagues; I know it is campaign time but as a politician you may be down but not out because a politician can do very many things. It is not a must that you get elected into office. Let us appreciate that someone else can win. Let us take the results of the election however they come in a really nice way. The ties that bind us as a country are stronger than the simple stresses that we face. Kenya should remain as a single unitary country as opposed to simple tribal conclaves. I know we would be called upon, as Members of Parliament and leaders to make several choices and my appeal to my colleagues is that they look at the various"
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