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    "speaker_name": "Hon. John Kiarie Waweru",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Dagoretti South",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is a great honour for me to stand here and make my maiden speech in this House. I am eternally grateful. I will take this very early opportunity to congratulate you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for being elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of this House. I also take this opportunity to congratulate Hon. Justin Bedan Muturi for being elected the Speaker. We are depending on your wisdom and guidance. I take this opportunity to also congratulate my Leader of the Majority Party, the one and only Hon. Aden Duale. I want it to go on record that I said, “ Iskhawaramaensodowadha to Bunge once again.” I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate Omwami, Hon. Ben Washiali, for being appointed the Chief Whip of the Jubilee Party. I also take this opportunity to congratulate each and every sitting Member of this House. I am hastily referred to the wise words in the Book of John, Chapter 13, Verse 16 going on, where after washing the feet of the disciples, our great teacher, leader, Lord and saviour said: “Verily, verily I say unto you that no servant is ever greater than their master, and no messenger is greater than their sender, and now that you know this, you shall be blessed if you do well to serve your people”. I take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the people of Dagoretti South Constituency, who in this season decided that kweli rada ni safi, na Mungu mbele . I acknowledge that we who sit here stand great because we stand on the shoulders of great people who went before us. For Dagoretti South Constituency, I want to pay a special tribute to great leaders that went before me. Even before the Independence of this country, there was the great and immortal Waiyaki wa Hinga and the great Chief Kinyanjui wa Gathirimo. I want to say a special thank you to the Members of Parliament who have served before me for their contribution to the development of Dagoretti South. Thank you Hon. (Dr.) Mungai, Hon. Kahindi, Hon. Muthiora, Hon. Clement Gachanja, Hon. Chris Kamuyu, Hon. Beth Wambui Mugo and more recently, Hon. Dennis Kariuki Waweru. We thank you for your great contribution. To the people of Dagoretti South Constituency who have given me this opportunity, I want to say as the great Agikuyu say, “ mundu umwe ti mbogo na kamuingi koyaga ndiri” - that together we shall be able to provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people in Dagoretti South Constituency. I shall now concern myself with the issue at hand and that is the Presidential Speech. I shall take just one moment to say that by the very act of addressing this 12th Parliament, the President proved to this country that business has to continue; that our children have to go to school; our farmers have to till land; our traders and business people have to transact the business 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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