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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kinoti",
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Gatobu Kinoti",
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    "content": "There is lack of a structure through which we can tap from a strong pool of knowledge from Members of Parliament who have gone before us. We remain a country that only lives as of today. There is no way or structure of bringing together former Members of Parliament from which we can tap that knowledge; from which we can build future leaders who can be even better than us in what we are doing today. So, I want to thank most sincerely my honourable colleague, hon. Keynan, for bringing to the forth this Bill, which I believe, through the Parliamentary Society of Kenya, we will have an organized structure that is recognized by the country, and that is engraved in law. It will allow us to tap into the vast knowledge that former Members of Parliament had. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is worth noting that what we are proposing through this Bill is not something new. It is something that is in practice all over the world. If you go to America, for instance, almost every former President has a library that is used as a resource centre for aspiring leaders and even wananchi to borrow knowledge from and be the future leaders that we can rely on. Even in my own very constituency of Buuri, which happens to be the largest constituency in Meru County and needs a lot of development, much of what we are doing is dependent on the leaders that went ahead of us. I wish to recognize, in a very special way, the former Member of Parliament of the area, hon. David Mwiraria, the former Minister for Finance. Him and so many other leaders, through their contribution, though in an informal way, we are able to be better leaders of today. Therefore, through this structured way, we are sure that, going forward, we will have a way of ensuring that the leaders who have served this country – not just the President but also Members of Parliament – are being catered for and, much more 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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