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    "id": 349164,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/349164/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
        "slug": "simon-lesirma"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want to begin by thanking the people of Samburu West Constituency for electing me for two consecutive terms; giving me the opportunity and experience to perform even better in the coming Senate. I hope I will be there together with hon. Imanyara. I joined Parliament on a KANU ticket in 2002. In fact, I was the only person in KANU. All my supporters were in the rainbow coalition. But for strategic reasons, I joined KANU because we were told there was suspicion that I would be rigged out, if I did not join the party. I moved on to the Grand National Coalition in June, 2004. I joined hon. Kibaki’s Government as an Assistant Minister for National Planning. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2008, I joined the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). I became an Assistant. My experience is that over the last few years, this coalition has been extremely slow in moving, but Parliament has been strong. But"
}