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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Josphat Wachira",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion that we adjourn until 7th November. It is very important for us to go back home to participate in the election process and to support our candidate. As you are aware, the election date is set for 26th and we are ready for it. This will be an opportune time for us as Members and especially the new Members to go back home, interact with our constituents and explain some of the things we have learnt in this House, including some of the bad manners we have seen in this House where Members come, sign, go back, come in the afternoon, sign and go back. I am not sure that this is why we are here in this House. It is also a good time for us to go back home and relate some of the promises that we have given to our constituents to the Supplementary Budget that we have just passed so that as we look forward to supporting our constituents, we are well versed about the national Budget. I pity our brothers and sisters in the Minority side who skipped all these sessions. I am not sure about what they will be telling their constituents because they have no idea about the Supplementary Budget that we have just passed. Therefore, I pity them. This is the time to talk about some of the projects that my constituents are eagerly awaiting. There are roads, which are one of the most important items that we have. I know, through the Supplementary Budget, our Department of Irrigation has some money. Therefore, I will be pushing for completion of Thiba Dam Irrigation Scheme now that I know there is some money. I also know that the budget for roads is there. Therefore, I will be pushing to see that some of the roads we have been waiting are now completed within this financial year. This is why I am saying I pity our colleagues who found it necessary to be in the streets when some of us were running the parliamentary business. I am not even sure whether the new Members who participated in stone- throwing will learn what some of us have learnt in this House. It is high time our constituents realised that they sent us here in Nairobi to come and represent them and also to represent the nation in the discussion of very important matters. Therefore, when we absent ourselves, we are simply absconding the very important duty that our constituents have sent us here to do. It is also a pity that while some of us market ourselves by participating in this Parliament and by going home to share what we have learnt with our constituents, in some of the areas - I think we need to do more on civic education - it has turned out that some of our Members market themselves by the way of throwing stones and abusing others. By the way, they have the courage to abuse the Head of State and other senior citizens of this country. I hope that our colleagues will take this period to rest, reflect and think about themselves as well as their constituents. They need to participate in the development of this country. 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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