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    "speaker_name": "The Woman Representative for Tharaka Nithi County",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Ms.) Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga): Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I tried yesterday but I could not manage. I really thank you today. Let me take this opportunity to thank the people of Tharaka Nithi for giving me another chance. Among the 47 women, only 10 of us survived. So, I want to say thank you for seeing that I am capable of serving them again for five years. I want to tell them that what I was not able to do in the four years I will try my best to do it at this particular time. I want to assure them that I am going to work with the other leaders of Tharaka Nithi County, so that we are able to move forward together. I want to take the same opportunity to congratulate the Speaker, Hon. Muturi, and you for being given another chance to work with us. I had an opportunity to be in charge of the presidential speeches for many years, but this particular one was very short and precise. That is because the President was very keen on the peace, security and the unity of this country. We always talk about developing our economy. We cannot develop our economy if you have no peace in the country. We cannot develop our economy if the peace of the country is not at its best. We cannot develop if we are not united. We have to be united. I want to tell my colleagues that we have a responsibility to keep peace all the time. Our President was elected in 2013. I want to tell him that the people who elected him in 2013 are still there and they are going to elect him again next month. We are going to come out in big numbers and this time we are looking for 75 per cent and above. I am telling my colleagues in the Opposition, we are coming in, going out, taking tea and doing this and that, but the Bible says: “If you do not work, you should not eat.” I do not know why they think that there is a vacuum in this country. There is no vacuum. The President said that there is no vacuum. There is no lacuna. The country is going forward and we shall progress with or without them. I want to remind my colleagues that we have a duty and a responsibility to sustain and protect peace and security of our people without exception. We have a responsibility to protect our Constitution and promote democratic governance in the Republic of Kenya. We have a Constitution and laws in this country. We, therefore, have to continue working and we have to be together. I have heard the Opposition Members say that they are not going to participate in the elections. I want to give them the example of Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah of Kikuyu. He was not opposed and he was sworn in. So, whether Raila participates in the election or not, we will still swear in the President of the Republic of Kenya and he will continue working for this country. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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