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    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is important that we recognize the citizens who have been active and who have supported this Republic. It is actually sad when you see those leaders who have been involved and participated in all sorts of developments of this nation, at the end of the day, when they leave those office, they face problems and challenges of life. That is because they cannot cope with life. At the same time, it is also important to recognize the offices. When people leave office, they retire either through lose of elections. It is also important for those people who have lost to recognize that they have lost and give space to the people who are entrusted with leadership. At the moment, we are in a situation where we have some of leaders who have retired. But instead of supporting in terms of creating peace, they are creating disobedience and moments of disobedience. In that case, it does not help and it is not healthy for the Republic. So, it is important to have leaders who also accept that they have lost and give them the respect that they deserve. Even if people are interested in leadership, when the time to go comes, people should accept that the time has gone and they should be supported to live a dignified life. They can take other roles as statesmen who can groom and support leadership. That way, they are given the space; they are given the resources so that somebody does not come from grace to grass as it happens many times in this Republic. Those who fought hard for this Republic end up languishing in poverty, and those who fought less are the ones who benefit from the struggles of those who worked hard for the greater good. That way, when people are giving services, the work of politicians is a noble course. It is the highest form of service because I am not sure if there is any other job that is as demanding or as disturbing as that of being a politician, where people think that even your energy and whatever you have belongs to them. At the end of the day, when you leave the office and they do not see you living a certain way, they will not remember that they are the same people who have contributed to make your life miserable since they never gave you any opportunity. Whatever you have, if you do not share with them, they do not recognize you; they do not appreciate and in the process, they leave you. If we do what is proposed The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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