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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for making that correction, especially for Members who have been with me for a long time but cannot pronounce the name “Emurua Dikirr.” Most of the Members will say “Emua Dikirr” while others will say “Emurua Dik Dik” like the Member for Muhoroni has said. The correct pronouncement of the name of my constituency is “Emurua Dikirr”. I must also take this opportunity to thank God, the people of Emurua Dikirr, you and my colleagues for this great opportunity in serving this country. I am a proud Kenyan who has served this country diligently and without favour or fear. I came to this House when I knew literally nothing about this House. I found Members who taught me many things. I found you who guided us in this House and we followed all the rules that were meant to be followed. I must also say that I am one of the few Members who have never had any problem in this House. I thank you for your great guidance. Thank you also for the role that you played in this House of being non-partisan and helping everybody to learn a few ropes here and there. I must also say to the people of Emurua Dikirr that when I sought to stand in Kilgoris Constituency in 2007, I wanted to find my way here so that I could represent the people of that constituency at that time. We had problems. The great man who was and still is the Member of Parliament for Kilgoris opted to divide the constituency so that we could have our own. Today, I represent the people of Emurua Dikirr which was part of Kilgoris. They found in me the qualities of a leader. Since then, I have never let them down. I have done all that is required of me as per the law. I have been in this House during all times of legislation. On oversight, I sat on the PIC and the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We did all that was required of us as members of those committees. So, I must tell the people of Emurua Dikirr I am grateful for making me their Member of Parliament. I also did my best as a representative of Emurua Dikirr. On the funds I oversee like the NG-CDF, I have done my best. I come from a constituency where we had only nine secondary schools but today, we are proud to have over 27. We also had only 50 primary schools but today, we are proud to have over 100; and, we had only one road but today, we are proud to have more than 15 roads. We did not have bridges, we do now. We did not have any institution of higher learning but today, we are proud to be building the Kenya Medical Training College, a teachers training college and a technical training institute. These are the achievements that I tried to bring so that the people of Emurua Dikirr can also feel like other Kenyans. I must also say, now as we go back to our people that it is what we did for them and what we are planning to do for them that will sell our manifesto. What I request is peace as we go to the elections in the next 50 or so days. 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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