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    "id": 359419,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker. Today is a big day because we have been having a dreadlock which was very difficult to unlock. When I was entering the Chamber, a friend of mine, hon. Paul Bii, the Member of Parliament for Chepalungu told me a story of why our mothers are accused of siding with their children later in life. It was a very interesting short story. He told me that if any of us here falls sick, and one is lucky to still have his mother alive, despite the fact that one may be married and a Member of Parliament, if she is told that her son is down with malaria, she will get into the bedroom and feel his temperature, console him, try to give him some uji and even plan on how to take him to hospital. The hon. Member went on to tell me that when a child lacks school fees, a mother would walk 20 kilometres to school to tell her son or daughter: “Wait. We are still struggling to get your fees.” However, the hon. Member told me that when your father comes to your house and is told that you are sick, he will ask whether you went to hospital. If he is told “no”, the story ends there. So, my colleague was trying to explain why mothers are very special people. Through this narrative, I am trying to say that, we, in the CORD Coalition, want to support you in the Jubilee Coalition so that you can achieve the objectives that you have laid before us. But we want to ask for something small. It is good to be concerned about your colleagues. It is good to show friendship. If there was respect from the beginning, we would have sorted out these problems much earlier. We just want one thing because we are in one country. We cannot run away from Kenya. We are all tied to one destiny. We want respect for our leaders from hon. Members."
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