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    "id": 755522,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to start by thanking His Excellency the President, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, who is also the leader of the party that I belong to – the Jubilee Party – for appointing me the Whip of the Majority Party. I also take this opportunity to thank the people of Mumias East for electing me for the third time to this august House. It is not easy because Mumias East is an area which was earlier on thought to belong to our brothers but the people of Mumias East went out of their way to not only vote for the party, but to vote for me because of what we have done for them, and because of what our agenda in Jubilee is. Going back to the Motion about the Presidential Speech, I thank the President for being sober and having a proper approach. Today in the morning, I was on Radio Citizen and I had presenters who asked me: “Why did the President not talk about the development agenda he has for the five years?” I want to say here that the President is knowledgeable. He knows that as we speak today, there is already a verdict from the Supreme Court which has dictated that we must go back to elections. I am sure, being a person who embraces democracy that he did not want to use this opportunity to put forward his plan for the next five years. He emphasised on keeping peace and uniting Kenyans, which to me is very key. Hon. Speaker, if you allow me I will quote part of his Speech to confirm what I am talking about on uniting Kenyans. The President said: - “---At this juncture, I would like to make it abundantly clear that the Government will not tolerate any intent on disrupting our hard-won peace and stability.” That indicates to you that the President is very keen in leading a stable and peaceful Kenya. We need peace during the campaigns and the elections that we will have on 17th October. We need peace for our students who are in school. We need peace for any economic development in this country. Sometimes I wonder what happens to our people. I do not know whether they forget very fast. There is no single day that goes by without the names of Chebukati and Chiloba being mentioned. You wonder what has happened all of a sudden. If you remember very well, last year we had leaders who caused trouble. Some of them lay on the tarmac during the day wanting the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) which was then chaired by Isaack Hassan to get out of office so that they could have a new Commission. I remember very well because I was a Deputy Whip then. I remember being asked to whip Members to support a Motion to remove Hassan. That was just because we were under duress. I am wondering what has happened to Chiloba and the new Commission that we brought in after the pressure that we got from our colleagues. Chiloba and Chebukati also belong to some people. We will not allow a situation where Chiloba is being mentioned every day ---"
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