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    "id": 755976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to congratulate all the elected and nominated Members. I believe they are here for a purpose. I thank our President, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, for his Speech. He made a Speech which was very inclusive. It was devoid of any politics and gerrymandering. Although we do not agree with the ruling by the Supreme Court, we took it in our stride and agreed to go to the elections. We should understand and the Opposition needs to understand that this country cannot afford an economic turmoil. As soon as the Supreme Court announced their decision, the stock market lost between Kshs130 billion to Kshs140 billion. You can imagine if this is the way we are going to go. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced new elections on 17th October and our colleagues in the Opposition do not want to go to elections. I do not know whether they want this country to suffer because the economy will go into doldrums and we will not make anything out of it. It shows that they are not really interested in this country at all. If they were, they would understand the economic impact of this election. The President has well mentioned that Jubilee is the only party which got the youngest people elected and my Meru County is one among equals. In the 11th Parliament, we had the youngest parliamentarian, Hon. Gatobu. This time, we again have the youngest parliamentarian from Meru, Hon. John Paul Mwirigi. It goes a long way to show that in the Jubilee-leaning counties, we produce the best young people. We take care of our women as well. We have two women governors and three women Senators. We are ready to tackle the two-thirds gender principle. I request my fellow Members of Parliament that this time round, if it comes up, let us support it. In the last Parliament, we had many women Members and more than half of them did 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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