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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Woman Representative for Kericho County",
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    "content": "Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you for having been re-elected as the Speaker of this House, together with your Deputy. Let me take this opportunity to thank God, my family, the people of Kericho County for having given me this opportunity to serve them for the next five years. Going into the Speech of the President, I want to congratulate President Uhuru Kenyatta for giving us a great speech that was meant for all of us as Kenyans. The Opposition said the speech was skewed to us as Jubilee, but that speech was meant for all of us as Kenyans. Some of the highlights of the Speech were: The need for peace in our country as the basis of activities as we develop our country. After the Supreme Court gave out the verdict, I looked forward to the voice of the President. And when he came out to speak to the nation, he did not disappoint: He was strong. If you can remember, he said, “Peace, peace, peace.” I think that is what made us stand as a country. Otherwise, if it was somebody else, we would have been burning and fighting. We want to congratulate him for standing with us as a country. Two, the President acknowledged the election of all of us but with specific note and celebration for the marginalized groups, women, youth and persons with disabilities. Third, the President urged us to avoid divisive and destructive politics. On this note, I want to tell those members of the public that take the law into their hands, like what we saw in Kisumu—it was very painful to see harmless, peaceful women being beaten and robbed. That was barbaric. That was shameful and backward politics in this modern Kenya. We want to tell members of the public to avoid taking the law into their hands. That happened at the door of Raila Odinga. Is he happy when he sees such things happening? We do not want to go back to what happened in 2007. The President also warned Kenyans against allowing a free, competitive process to become a threat to our peace. As we head into the fresh presidential elections on the 17th of October, I want to affirm my support and that of the Kericho people to His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kericho County gave Uhuru Kenyatta 92 per cent of the votes. I want to assure him that this time round, we are going to give him 100 per cent. We are going to move to the neighbouring counties to seek for votes for him to be re-elected. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."
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