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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. My name is Wilson Kipngetich Kogo, Member for Chesumei in Nandi County. First of all, I want to thank the people of Chesumei Constituency for the opportunity they gave me to represent them. It is my first time to be in this honourable House. It is history in my life. I have always dreamt of this. I also want to thank great people of Nandi County for having held very peaceful elections on 8th August. As leaders from Nandi, we appreciate the peace that we witnessed during that period and more so, for having chosen the youngest governor and Senator in the whole country. We appreciate because we believe they chose people who can take our constituencies and county forward. On behalf of Chesumei people, I congratulate the Speaker, the leadership of the House and Members of this House for having been elected to serve our people in this great country. For the President’s Speech, when the court gave the ruling, I am one of those people who feared because I did not know what would happen next. You can remember the problems we witnessed in 2007. I prayed that somebody would stand up and probably provide leadership. I appreciated my President, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, for the way he stood and provided leadership for the sake of this country. It was a time anything could have happened with that ruling from the court. As the President stated before, it was a very painful moment for him. For the Jubilee family, I would say that it took the hand of God and the wisdom of the President. We saw leadership in him. He is a leader who loves this country. He loves peace and means well for this country. Having accepted the verdict of the court and respected the Constitution, I thought that was leadership in itself. Hon. Members, if we have to take this country forward, we have to ensure there is progress and that we are moving in the right direction. It is good to take note of the fact that it is a choice. We have to choose. That is what our President did. He chose to take this country forward. Congratulations to our President. How I wish our Members in the Opposition can shelve their personal interests for the sake of this country. I request them to look at the bigger picture and appreciate the fact that we need each one of us if we are going to move forward as a country. As for the IEBC, they should forget about the noises in the streets and prepare for the elections because we are ready."
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