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    "id": 618437,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "This challenge is also faced by the Speakers’ Panel, the Temporary Deputy Speakers, the Deputy Speaker and the Speaker. We have observed that the chairs sometimes reward their friends and age mates when sitting on that Chair. The chairs should be objective to ensure that they follow the log in list. If I come in first, I should be given the first opportunity. When you give me that opportunity, my people respects you. That is not enough. I support this Procedural Motion because we want to respect time. If a Member is given two minutes or one minute, he or she must make sure that he or she has made his or her point in one minute. You should not be given ten minutes. It beats logic if you are given 10 or 50 minutes and you do not pass any message. We set these time limits to make sure that in a Session, more Members participate in debates. The only way we can achieve this is to reduce the time to two or three minutes. Every Member should be given a chance to speak without bias. As I finish, I want to support the Members of this House who are talking about parties. It should be clear to everybody that it is not the party which is supposed to intimidate a Member of Parliament, but it is the Member of Parliament who is supposed to intimidate the party. When I am in the constituency, I mobilise votes for the party, but the party does not mobilise votes for the Member. I work hard for the party. This may be caused by conflict of interest by a party leader or other members of the party. A party leader is only supposed to be a driver and I am the conductor. His role is just to drive the vehicle and my role is to mobilise passengers in the vehicle. The issue of party leaders trying to intimidate Members of Parliament is unfair. We are here to represent constituencies. We do not represent party leaders, but the people of Kenya. We should be respected as Members of Parliament. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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