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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangamati",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Wangamati",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity so that I may also add my voice to this important Motion brought by Mheshimiwa Yusuf. Kamukunji is an old field in Nairobi that hosted many of our struggles for Independence of this country. We have been talking about democracy in this country from this ground. I am very happy to support this Motion. I also congratulate Mheshimiwa Yusuf Hassan for bringing this Motion to the Floor so that we can tell everybody in this country that this is a very important ground and it should be protected to show that it is an area where we educated our people on what leadership means in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you can see my age. I was there when I was very young. Those days, we used to be called “youth wingers”. We were there and we did a lot. We ran up and down to bring Independence, freedom and even multiparty democracy in this country. I urge this House and you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a member representing Nairobi, to make Kamukunji Grounds a special place for us in Nairobi. Let our youth know that Kamukunji was an instrument for us which we used to bring down some of the resisting leaders who were dictators in this country. I support this Motion. I want this House to treat this Motion as a special one. It is special because the grounds have been forgotten for some time. This place has been there for a long time. We should make these grounds a national monument so that the people who live around Kamukunji can know that we have remembered them. They will thank us for opening up the roads around those grounds. With this few remarks, I strongly support this Motion. I thank the Member who brought it to this House."
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