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    "id": 82933,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/82933/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that time has come when people must stop this blatant, shameless behavior of contacting me because I am born in Nyeri; contacting you because you are from Kisumu; contacting you because you are from Meru or because you come from the Rift Valley. This very shameless thing that is being watched by our children on television every evening – holding press conferences – because “our men” are under siege or because “our community” is being finished, must come to an end! Mr. Speaker, Sir, there should be that belief and trust that individuals can actually win because they invest in being profiled positively. I recall in July, 2004, when one Mathenge Gitonga, an advocate of the High Court talked to me about how he loved and respected his classmate; Justice Lenaola. Many years down the road – nearly seven years down the road – we are hearing from the Floor of the House from the likes of Eugene Wamalwa, Abdikadir and others how this young man is good. This is again a firm indication that, always, chronological experience is not always above profiles and exemplary curriculum vitaes. You can be in service for five years and be better than somebody who has been in service for 20 years. The opportunity that is rolling out and the message that must go to every civil servant and to every politician, even in this House, is that the time is nigh and we are on a roll out. The call is on a high mountain; that the young professionals are taking charge. Invest in working positively. Disinvest in talking in your vernacular because you are in a spotlight. I strongly support this Report."
}