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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Nyaribari Chache",
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    "content": "tap into tourism, support housing projects to ensure that each and every citizen in the constituency has an affordable roof over their heads and also exploit the constituency’s rich culture, beautiful land and breathtaking resources. My plan remains that the full potential of Nyaribari Chache Constituency should be exploited. It is important to mention at this point that I am the Member of Parliament representing the larger Kisii Town which is cosmopolitan and, therefore, there will be need to support and get every support that I can get to ensure that people there live in harmony and that they support each other in every way they can. In conclusion, I want to remember the words of Murray and I quote: “If leadership serves only the leader, it will fail. Equal satisfaction, financial gain and status can all be a valuable tool for a leader, but if they become the only motivation they will eventually destroy a leader. Only when service for a common good is the primary purpose are you truly leading “. In these words I find solace, purpose and drive to lead the people of Nyaribari Chache with a view to chart new hopes and ambitions for them. It is important for me to mention that my motto in the campaign was that I wanted to aspire to inspire before I expire. I believe by being here today I am inspiring quite a number of young people out there who will now then believe that it is possible that you can come from a challenged environment and still end up in such an honourable place. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my campaign team, the church leadership which prayed for me so seriously, the party members who accepted me when I was thrown out by my former party, my supporters, and, of course, my dearest family for the support leading up to and during the campaign. I would also like to thank my dear wife Stella who worked so hard to ensure that we get the victory; my dad and mum who kept me in daily prayers that encouraged me a lot; and my lovely kids who endured without complaint the long absence and the cost of emotion during the petition in the High Court and Court of Appeal and campaigned by default praying. I want to acknowledge that today, so far, I am the only Member of Parliament who has won a petition through the High Court and the Court of Appeal and I am here today to represent the people of Nyaribari Chache. In conclusion, with conviction that this skirt is just right in length I wish to conclude my Maiden Speech by welcoming all my fellow honourable Members to what I consider to be the best constituency in Kenya for a plate of matoke if and when they have time. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May God bless Nyaribari people, this House and Kenya. Amen."
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