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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndambuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to issue a personal statement as the Chair of the Ninth National Prayer Breakfast. Hon. Members, I am sure that by now, you all have invitation cards. On Thursday, May 26th 2011, the day after tomorrow, Kenya will host its Ninth National Prayer Breakfast. The annual event has slowly but surely started to entrench itself in the national calendar. It has been in many ways, one of the most positive things we have to do together as a shared leadership. It is one of those rare occasions where our fellow countrymen see many of us from the august House agreeing together and united. Hon. Members, this is your event. It is you who is hosting this event. Time and again, I get comments from people all over the country who watch the prayer breakfast from live cameras about how encouraged they are that we would even do something like this. There is some sort of intangible quality that seems to come across the people, that we, in the House, actually care enough about our national destiny; to pause and pray before we enter again in the rough and tumble of the national debate. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to invite all of you to note that date and try to make a point to be with us. Keep in mind that this is our event alongside other events in leadership from other walks of life in this country. Therefore, it behooves us to attend and participate. Hon. Members, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your generous contribution because we have managed to collect from Parliament, more than Kshs1 million, to fund this event. I would like to thank you very much for that generosity. This year, we have contributed more than Kshs1 million from this House. In fact, even His Excellency, the Right hon. Prime Minister and His Excellency the Vice President have also contributed to this event just to show its importance. When I participate in other national prayer breakfasts in the world, I am often asked about the gathering here. In fact, many have heard about our event and have spoken about it and the desire to attend. Our event which is organized by this Parliament is second to the one of the US. In Africa, there is no one else who holds such an event. Therefore, I would like to thank you, hon. Members."
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