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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Owen Yaa Baya",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kilifi North",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I make my maiden speech, I want to thank the people of Kilifi North, first, for electing me to this position to represent them. I stand here to support this Motion. But as I do so, I would like to reflect on a few things. A new dawn has come to this country, where every time we are faced with elections, people look at their party and where they come from as being more important than the nation. I think this nation and us as Members of this House need to focus more on how we will hold together this country after the election. The brinkmanship, partisanship and strong language that we have seen outside and inside this Parliament does not augur well for this country. I urge Members to really look at what the founding fathers of this nation did. They never looked at where they came from and who they were. They stood and fought for this country and put together a country at Independence that thrives until now. As we move forward, and the campaign mood engulfs this House and the country, it is important for us to look at the nation first and anything else later. There has been a penchant in this Parliament and every time Members of the Jubilee Party stand up to speak, they always want to deride Hon. Raila Odinga without any reason. I want to remind this House that the path of reforms is not for the fainthearted. This country has benefitted immensely from those who stood on the side of reformers and not from conformists. We have had opportunity to reform many things from the one-party State that we used to have until now that we have a very progressive Constitution. This has been done because some people, who stood to be reformers, stood their grounds and continued to fight for this country to where it is today. The conformists, as it were at Independence, continue to benefit from the sweat and blood that has been shed by the reformers. I think this reform agenda is important for 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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