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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Mumias East",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before I support this Motion, I want to sincerely congratulate you for being elected the Hon. Speaker again. I enjoyed your leadership in the 11th Parliament. I am sure that even in the 12th Parliament, I am going to enjoy it. I used the words “sincerely” because I heard my colleague and friend, Hon. Chris Wamalwa, congratulate you and I wondered how since he was not in this Chamber when we elected you. How would he come to congratulate you when he did not play any role in your re-election? You were elected by 220 Members of Parliament (MPs) out of 221. You lost only one vote, and I have been wondering the person who did not vote for a Speaker with a record like yours. I also congratulate the hon. Members who have been elected to the 12th Parliament. I would like to use this opportunity to welcome the Members who have been elected to Parliament for the first time. You have seen our colleagues from NASA walk out. That is something you ought to get used to because this is what had been going on during the 11th Parliament. They kept walking out and back but that has not stopped us from proceeding with the business of the House. Therefore, try to get used to this phenomenon. I am sure someone is controlling them from somewhere."
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