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    "id": 488253,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chumel",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "This is my third term in Parliament. I was in the Eighth and Ninth Parliaments; if I compare what is happening now with what happened in those Parliaments, this is a House of honourable Members. It is not like what I used to see. People can now reason. Through that reason, they sound and feel as Kenyans. There was a time when people used to reason along tribal lines. I remember there was a time when war broke out here and somebody wanted us to pull out enmass, so that the Government could go down. Both sides have worked hard, although I always say that the Opposition side should wake up because they are took much asleep. They are the ones to make us move. When we fought here, that improved our debate to a certain level. It is now upon the Opposition in this House to wake up. They should not be following us most of the time. I also want to thank the leadership of the House, starting with you. You have gone out to some of our constituencies and you are planning to go to more. I want to thank you because you have been to my place, a difficult area. It is only a helicopter which can go to that place and you made it. You put your hand there. The other day, students from the school you visited went all the way to Mombasa, because they were encouraged by what you are doing. I have always accompanied some of my colleagues to their constituencies. Kenyans are facing a very hard time, especially in areas where some of us come from, namely the ASAL areas. West Pokot was a closed district for a long time, that was during the colonial time and immediately after Independence. It was not until President Kibaki’s time when there was an eye opener and plans for a tarmac road were initiated in that place. There was a time when we used to engage in a lot of cattle rustling and people were blaming us. This was only because of the scarcity of resources. During dry seasons, we used to move to Trans Nzoia to get water. When Kibaki’s Government came in, It gave us water through the military; they got water to the people. For the last seven years, we have not heard of an issue between the Pokots and the people of Trans Nzoia, including the other side. I want to thank him although he is now out of office. I hope these other young men are going to do the same, because they are students of that process. I want to thank the people of Kapenguria. I also want to thank KANU. Without KANU, you could not be here. Most of you are here because of KANU. You took"
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