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    "speaker_name": "The Member for Gatundu North",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Ms.) Annie Wanjiku Kibeh): First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank God for giving me the opportunity to be here. When I was a young girl, I used to dream of being in Parliament. Just like Lupita Nyong’o said, everyone’s dreams are valid. I agree that my dreams are also valid because I have found myself here. I also want to thank the good people of Gatundu North for finding favour in me and giving me the opportunity to serve them. I feel greatly honoured for that. Looking at the President’s Speech, I feel that it is inspiring. I am very happy with his acknowledgement that we now have more women leaders in the 12th Parliament. It is never easy to have a woman elected. It is a great honour that we are able, as the Jubilee Party, to have over 15 women elected to the 12th Parliament. I thank His Excellency the President because he also acknowledged the need to continuously include women in leadership and at various levels of the Government. Knowing him as a man of his words, I believe when he is re-elected on 17th October, we will see more inclusivity of women in the Government. On the same breath, he also acknowledged the election of young leaders to this Assembly, which is really a good thing. We are no longer saying that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow. We are saying they are the leaders of today and that has been confirmed by their election to this House. Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to also highlight and acknowledge what the President said about the involvement of the 11th Parliament in ensuring that devolution works. I am one of the many firstborns of devolution having worked as a nominated member of Kiambu County. I thank the 11th Parliament for the role it played. However, I feel that our work, as the 12th Parliament, is well cut out and we must work very hard to ensure that devolution works. I believe devolution is the future of Kenya. My heart is heavy at this time because nurses are on strike. We know the role nurses play in our society. Patients are suffering in the various hospitals. I use this opportunity to kindly ask the Council of Governors, the nurses and their leaders to find an amicable solution to this matter, so that we can have them back to work. We know very well the work that devolution has done. We have started hospitals in places we have never had hospitals in the over 50 years of Independence. We see our people having hope. I believe that this Parliament will help and support devolution. 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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