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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Macharia",
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        "legal_name": "Jacob Waweru Macharia",
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    "content": "Thank you very much. I rise to support this Motion by hon. Keynan. I rise to speak also as one of the youngest Members in this House. Indeed, it is very good and very exciting to serve when you are very young. However, exciting as it is, it is also terrifying when you start thinking of what would happen if tomorrow you are not in this House. This is because I still have many more years to serve energetically in this country. It is very unfortunate that we have to come to Parliament through a political process and politicians in Kenya are regarded as cunning, go- getters and as people who can do anything to get to power. They are therefore not trusted. As the case seems to be, it is very difficult for anyone who has ever been a politician or who is a politician to be able to be absorbed professionally unless this person ventures into business. I have had this experience before because when I started vying I lost a job and it was very difficult to get back to employment when people know that you are a politician. I think it is very important that this Bill comes so that the welfare of people who have served in this House diligently, who have served Kenyans and who have served constituents with a lot of commitment is also looked into. This is because as hon. Angwenyi said, sometimes it is not about how much you have done or how much you have not done. Sometimes other factors come in and you find yourself out of this House."
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