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    "id": 730676,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to add my voice to what the Members who have contributed to the Motion have said. Like the Leader of the Majority Party said, we are going on a very unique recess as some Hon. Members will participate in the nominations and come back from the recess as former Members of Parliament. As much as we appreciate the fact that Members can hop to other parties, we have some regions where if one does not belong to a certain party, then, definitely, they will not make it in the general elections. This is a lacuna in law. Some Members who will come back on 9th May 2017 to make laws for Kenyans will have already known their fate. This adjournment was planned by Parliament. In future, we need to be very careful on how we approach general elections. If we allow Members who are not likely to come back after nominations to make laws, then, chances of them making bad laws is very high. I have been the Deputy Whip for the last four-and-a-half years and I want to thank the Members, not only from the majority side, but also from the minority side for listening to me. I am sure out of my whipping, we have managed to have more sittings than we would have had. I want to thank them and wish them the very best as they go for the nomination exercise."
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