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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chea",
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        "legal_name": "Mwinga Gunga Chea",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank the voters in Kaloleni Constituency for having given me an opportunity to serve them in this august House. When we came to this Chamber, we were new and there were so many challenges. By then, we did not have our cards. It was quite difficult for you to identify some of us to give us an opportunity to make our contributions. Hon. Speaker, I must thank you sincerely because I am one of the Members who were able to make their maiden speeches at the very initial stages of this Parliament. I may not know what particular feature you then used to identity me, but I must say that I am grateful for all the time that you accorded me. We are set to adjourn. It is the desire of all of us who are probably contesting to come back to this Chamber that the House adjourns. I want to believe that the voters will elect us to come back in the 12th Parliament. I also wish you well. You have given us the requisite guidance in this Chamber. I know it has not been an easy job for you. The Chamber is composed of 349 Members and that is not a small number. You used whatever means to identify us. You made it and here we are. As we adjourn, that is not the end of everything. We are faced with a general election. I urge all Members, that as we go out there to campaign and seek votes, we must do so peacefully. It is important for we do not want to see what happened in 2008. That is nothing to think about. We would wish to have peaceful elections in this country so that afterwards we come back to this Chamber. After the elections, businessmen should trade and everybody else should be in a position to continue earning a living. My clarion call, this evening, is that Kenyans must be wary of politicians who are out to preach hatred. As I conclude, allow me to thank my colleagues Hon. (Dr.) Pukose who served as Vice- Chairman of the Health Committee. He was very useful to me. We have on so many occasions consulted on so many issues. We tried as much as we could to get used to sitting at a particular 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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