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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Macharia",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Molo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jacob Waweru Macharia",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is my maiden speech. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Molo for electing me to the august House and also to compliment the nation because for the first time in 21 years, the people of Molo voted in peace and we are still peaceful up to now. I would like to confirm that we have, indeed, tilled our land and planted our crops. I would also like to mention a few things on the Presidential Speech before I talk about the Motion at hand. I hope that as a result of only taking two minutes, when we resume again, you will give me the other three minutes to finish what I am saying. Having enjoyed such peace in Molo, we watched and listened to the Presidential Speech. I would like to say that as a people we are hopeful that - our main business in Molo is agriculture - this Government is going to revive the pyrethrum sector. We are also hopeful that this Government will protect pyrethrum farmers. Our hopes are many. On the Motion, I would like to say that, indeed, I rise to support it because elderly people in Kenya, like the Member from Mombasa has said, are many even in my constituency. This is a burden for each and every Kenyan. When we were campaigning, we used to be reminded that we had not given something to the old people. They would say they had nothing to eat. Sometimes during public holidays we had to give them something to eat. I would like to say I support this Motion because as a nation---"
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