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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gaichuhie",
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        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
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    "content": "I thank everybody. For the last nine years I have been in this House, I have gained a lot of experience. I am very happy because of the people of Subukia who have given me nine years to serve them and I will be a proud person who will walk around Subukia because of my very many achievements. Were it not for them, I can assure you I would not have achieved what I have achieved in the last nine years. As I leave this Chamber today, I am very pleased with the way this Parliament has been operating. In the 11th Parliament, we have had a lot of cooperation in committees. I have only been able to serve in two committees in the last nine years; that is the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am happy to say today that it was a wise decision by the panel of Standing Orders to split the Committee dealing with finance which had a lot of work. We were not able to accomplish everything because it had many departments but with the new Standing Orders now, I know the Committee dealing with finance will be able to achieve a lot because they have split it into three. They have moved it as a department. I know the people who will take up finance will do a lot of work for this House. I also want to thank everybody in this Chamber - the big Chamber that we normally call a double stream chamber because it has 349 Members. Hon. Duale and I were talking today and we were saying most of us will leave this Chamber without even knowing the 349 Members because you can take stock of 100 Members who we can refer to as ghost Members because of the work that is pending in Kenya. I know the Members who will come in the 12th Parliament will be able to transact business in an orderly manner because Standing Orders are not cast in stone. That is why we have reviewed them today so that they become more effective. Hon. Speaker, I wish you the best. I know in the 12th Parliament, you will still be seeking for re-election as the Speaker of the National Assembly. I wish you all the best. I hope the person who will be elected in Subukia will give you his vote. Thank you very much for the way you have conducted this Chamber. I wish everybody else who is seeking re-election all the best as they aim to come back in the 12th Parliament. Thank you."
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