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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Patrick Kimani Wainaina Jungle",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Thika Town",
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    "content": " This is the second day that I am trying to catch your eye. Thank you for noticing me. In the morning session, I heard the Deputy Speaker mentioning the name of my former Member of Parliament and, for once, I thought I have been rigged out. It was a hard one. I think Thika is the only place where I wrestled with the storm. It was tougher than Irma, but we made it. I thank God and this is the first time that I am addressing this House. I first owe it to God and to the people of Thika. Thank you, people of Thika for electing me to represent you. This is a powerful House. The people of Thika said: “Go to Nairobi in the powerful House and bring us back the power of economy.” My major theme has been economic empowerment. Basically, what they are saying is that they are very productive. They produce the best fruits and eggs and they get dismayed when they see eggs and oranges imported from South Africa. They plant the best fruits but they cannot sell them in any of the supermarkets because Thika has become a dumping ground. I know it is one of the places in Kenya that has become a dumping ground. Why is it that we use the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to educate an engineer and when we want to do the roads, we go to a construction company in China? The people of Thika are telling me that things will have to happen. They are now my bosses. They have told me to come up with a Bill that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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