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    "id": 756625,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. John Oroo Oyioka",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Bonchari Constituency",
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    "content": "When I look at what the President did, he must have examined his conscience very much and that is why he decided to choose the Constitution of Kenya and peace. He had other alternatives to choose from. He is a human being like you and I. He could have said, “No, I do not accept this. I am the winner because millions of Kenyans voted me in and yet somebody is telling me I am not the Head of State”. Had he taken that route all of you know the kind of country we could be in today. The President dwelt on the issue of peace. When I look at the Kenyan elections, there are scenarios which keep on recurring. We need to move away from that. When you look at the prelude of our elections, you will realise that people are always moving. There is always an exodus of people moving mainly from urban areas to the rural areas. Some of them genuinely move to go and vote. However, there are very many who move not because they are going to vote, but because they fear the aftermath of elections. They do not know what will happen. They have had bad experiences since the 2007/2008 General Election. I think that is the reason people move. When elections are over, to an extent, there are those who do not go back to their work stations, including public and civil servants. There was a time after 8th August 2017 when civil servants were being asked to report back to their offices. It is not that people have lost interest in their jobs it is because they do not know what will happen if they go back to those places where they feel unwanted. We want to move away from this kind of thing. I know that on 17th October 2017, something similar to that is going to happen. I am not saying it should, but I anticipate something is going to happen. Very many people are going to move away out of fear to the extent that others will not vote because they will not be at their polling stations. That is why I am urging Kenyans, especially Members of Parliament, to promote peace and Kenya will be a better country to live in. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."
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