{"id":770972,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/770972/?format=json","text_counter":208,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mark Ogolla Nyamita","speaker_title":"The Member of Parliament for Uriri","speaker":{"id":13500,"legal_name":"Mark Ogolla Nyamita","slug":"mark-ogolla-nyamita"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I contribute to this Motion, let me take this opportunity to make my maiden speech to thank the great people of Uriri for seeing it wise to send me to this great House to represent them. The constituency I come from is sharply divided along clan lines and historical voting which has left it more divided than united. But for the first time in history, someone like me whose clan members are not even enough to fill one polling centre was able to get this opportunity. When I looked at how the voting was done, of 110 polling stations, I won in 106 showing the level of confidence they have. The people of Uriri have risen beyond clan politics. My constituency is composed of Luhyas, Somalis and Kikuyus and they have sent a great message. How I wish the rest of the country would copy the very good example of the great people of Uriri in terms of when we go to elections, we vote for people irrespective of where they come from. Having said that, I hope that over the next five years, my colleagues from either side can rise above where we come from and contribute in this House. Today, in the morning when we arrived, we realised that our colleagues of the Jubilee Party side were away. They were being guided on how to be Members of Parliament. I hope that the guidance is full of wisdom and that they will not turn themselves into voting machines without thinking. Sometimes when they are told to oppose they just do so without even knowing what they are opposing. The same applies to colleagues on the side that I sit. In this House, I have seen and met my colleagues from either side. This House has a very rich composition of people from different backgrounds. I have seen musicians. I hope they will not come here to dance to the tunes of their bosses and continue to dance to the tunes of people who have been killed in this country, who had only come out to express different opinions. I have seen businessmen. I hope that they have not come to do business with Kenya and continue to champion this theory that is now becoming common that the end justifies the means. I hope that they can use their business acumen to take this country to greater heights. I have seen a few hustlers in the House. I do not know where they get their inspiration from but I hope that whichever way they get the inspiration, they will not take it the wrong way. Whether we like it or not, this is a transition Parliament. For sure, in 2022, we will have a change of regime and hopefully a democratic one. Whatever laws we will pass should strengthen our 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."}