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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kipipiri",
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    "content": "Excellency despite the 8.2 million people who turned up and voted for him, with an overwhelming win. We know the challenge. We respect it. I am sure come 17th October, the people of Kenya will reaffirm the choice they had and we will be back to business. I hope at that point His Excellency will come here and articulate that very robust Jubilee Manifesto and how it will be translated into programmes to improve the quality of life of the Kenyan people. While we are at it, there have been concerns that some of our colleagues are not coming to the House. I want to take it from a different perspective. I am encouraged that despite the pressure they have that they should not participate in this House, they are actually finding time to come and defy their leadership and say: “Even if you tell us not to go, we will go and sign that register as evidence that we are participating in Parliament because we believe that Parliament is properly constituted”. That is why they are coming. Let us encourage as many of them as possible to come to the House. Let them sign so that their leadership can see that there is documentary evidence that despite being told not to come, they are actually coming. We need to liberate our colleagues. We know they are under pressure from a dictatorial leadership. It is only by encouraging them to come that we will find peace in their seats as they get that courage to not only sign, but to come so that we can together move along as a House. With those words, I wish every one of us success in the next five years. I will be there to support as and when needed."
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