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"content": "(Hon. (Ms.) Gertrude Mbeyu Mwanyanje): Thank you Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. May I take this chance to make my Maiden Speech. I am speaking for the first time in this House since I was born. Allow me to thank the people of Kilifi County for bestowing in me the privilege to represent them in this august House. From the outset, I must appreciate this House and its leadership for providing appropriate orientation and induction that has left us well placed to carry out our mandate than when we came in just a month ago, for the swearing-in ceremony. Mine is a message of thanks and togetherness that as we embark on our extensive mandates let our actions and conduct bring much needed hope to the Republic. Let us endeavour in our doings to bring new considerations and meaning to these words: peace, brotherhood and thank you. I say this because our country is at a critical moment, a moment that calls for reflection and prayers, a moment that calls for tolerance and brotherhood among us and a moment that calls for humility and leadership. For us in leadership and specifically me, as a leader in this Republic, peace is my world and brotherhood is my call. My people gave me this mandate for a very simple but urgent and immediate reason. They want to improve their lives; have something to eat and not just to eat something; obtain a better living standard; walk and drive on better roads; drink clean water; live in a clean environment and have dignity guaranteed to all humanity to stand up and shine like any citizen of the free world. I keep in mind that 50 plus years after Independence, our people’s immediate concerns are still biting poverty, disease and ignorance. I also keep in mind that we have made tremendous progress in ameliorating these challenges for indeed these are the challenges of every Kenyan citizen from the farthest depth and breadth of this Republic, from whom we have borrowed the mandate to represent in this august House. Accordingly, we are under duty to do more for our people. Mine is to assure my constituents and the Republic at large that I will take every opportunity provided to me by this august House to do whatever is necessary to pass the necessary legislation, undertake appropriate oversight and represent their interests to the best of 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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