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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. James Gichuki Mugambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Othaya",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank the Almighty God for giving Kenyans the wisdom to elect the great men and women that we have in this House. Secondly, I thank the people of Othaya for electing me to represent them in the 12th Parliament. I congratulate His Excellency the President on the great Speech that he delivered to this House. He emphasised the importance of promoting the youth. Today our great problem in this country is lack of jobs for our youth. The youth will not be empowered through street protests, incitement and divisive politics. This is the reason we all have to rise and support our President when he preaches unity in this country. He is the reason this House must rise and say “no” to divisive politics of tribalism and always going to protest on the streets. Such trends will mess up this country. It will not help our youth. It is very sad that while our youth require guidance and support, some leaders have created an arena for dirty politics. We want to request anybody who is worth his salt as a leader or purports to be a leader in this country to know that we cannot go forward with that kind of politics. In our country, during elections, we have people called aspirants and contestants. The 19 million Kenyans registered voters do not contest. It is the leaders who contest. When the elections were concluded, it is not the voters who were defeated. We know that 15 million Kenyans voted for one candidate in the election of the President. That person is the President of the whole country and not only for those who voted for him. The candidate who loses, loses alone. Those who voted for him do not lose! We should stop misleading Kenyans when it comes to politics. We need to call upon our colleagues on the Opposition side to rise to this occasion. They have been elected by their constituents to represent them and join other Kenyans in developing this country. Our Jubilee Party agenda is very strong. For example, it proposes to roll out the free secondary education programme. This is not going to benefit Jubilee zones alone, but rather it is going to benefit the whole country. The cash transfer programme to our elderly people does not target Jubilee supporters only. It is meant to benefit all Kenyans. We all feel the pain when somebody goes out there to mislead Kenyans. I call upon all Kenyans to turn out in large numbers on 17th October 2017 to vote and confirm that this country requires a uniting leader who is not tribal. This country requires a leader with wisdom. Vote for His Excellency the President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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