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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Caleb Kositany Kipkemei",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Soy",
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    "content": "on the Citizen Extra Show . We had a discussion with two Members from Jubilee and the Opposition Coalition. One thing that came into my mind, which I want to share with fellow Kenyans and the Members present, is that when we asked one Member from NASA what would happen if it turns out that Hon. Raila Odinga is not on the ballot paper by his own decision on 17th October, he said, “Natural cause.” (Technical hitch) His Excellency the President gave a very unifying Speech yesterday. Having gone through his Speech several times, I noticed that he mentioned the word “peace” five times. He is a God-fearing person. I do not know what I would have done if I would have won by such a majority and then my victory was reversed. I am not the President, so we will cross that bridge when we get there. The IEBC is an independent institution. We have one candidate who has made it a habit that somebody must go every time he loses an election. He lost in 2007, Kivuitu went. He lost in 2013, Ahmed and his team went home. He has lost in 2017, he wants Chiloba to go. As a nation, we must put a stop to this “must go” attitude. We have to respect our institutions and be firm as Kenyans. We are calling upon Kenyans to turn out in large numbers on 17th October, exercise their democratic right again and show other Kenyans and the world that the vote they cast on 8th August was neither computer-generated nor doctored in any way, but it was a decision made by the people of Kenya. In my constituency, and in Uasin Gishu County as a whole, we have had very heavy rains in the last two weeks. We have had trees falling on school buildings. Our roads have been damaged. We call upon the national Government – and we will team up with them as we go home over the weekend to campaign for His Excellency the President – to come to our rescue in terms of emergency funding so that we can repair the bridges and the school buildings that have been destroyed by fallen trees. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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