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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Speaker is not here, but my congratulations also go to her. I think hers was a historic win in round one. For a person of the female gender who had never sat on the Speakerâs seat, she deserves my congratulations even though she is not here. To all the hon. Members, I say congratulations. I know how difficult it was for you to join me in this House; I know how difficult it has been with activists saying that you should be working for free. Several of you are still struggling to make it, and I hope you will join me in serving the nation in any event. Hon. Speaker, Sir, let me thank the people of Homa Bay Town Constituency for giving me the privilege to stand in this House. Save for, possibly, the Presidential candidates, I am one Member of Parliament who was voted to this House by virtually members of all ethnic communities in this country. I thank the Somali Muslim population in Homa Bay, the Kikuyu and the Meru who made it possible for me to be in this House. Back to this Motion, and very briefly. This is a constitutional right. As a lawyer, you know when a law says that a person shall not be denied emergency treatment the meaning is that anybody who requires emergency treatment gets it as of right. There is a"
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