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    "id": 731450,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will use my minute carefully to just make my final point. I want to talk to the young people of this country. There have been insinuations and attacks that I think some are exaggerated and unwarranted about my party of ODM. There have been allegations of corruption and things like that, which were not substantiated. I think people of honour and dignity such as Hon. Tim Wanyonyi, one of the best Members of Parliament in Nairobi County, if not the best in this Parliament we have served in, in his outreach and service to his constituency, got a direct nomination because nobody else rose up to challenge him in the party. Because of his effectiveness as a leader, he is closer to his people. Therefore, to besmirch his achievements as a leader by alleging that he only got it because he paid is not true. Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ is being challenged by Hon. Ongoro. It is on record that there has been major violence, some of it pointing at her supporters, which has resulted in three deaths. I support the Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, my party leader to campaign to become president but those are three voters he will not have because people were campaigning and having shenanigans and were willing to kill for nomination. We need to think through these things and I beg the youth of this country. It is our turn to make sure we are fighting for our space at the table. But we should do this in a mature way through our numbers. We should show that we have the vote and stay alive to vote. We should not just be used to fight other people’s battles and then latter on we are not in the agenda and at the table to make those decisions. I think if we, as Kenyans, pull ourselves together, we can have a credible and competitive election. Everybody should understand that your ultimate weapon and voice in our political 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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