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    "id": 846447,
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    "speaker_name": "Lurambi, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Khamala",
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        "legal_name": "Titus Khamala Mukhwana",
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    "content": "I rise to support the Hon. Members for Kiminini in the amendments that the election date be moved from August to December as in the amendment. I do not want to repeat. I want to take a very short time because I know there is a lot of interest in this. Mine is just to say that I concur with fellow Members that there is so much that we interfere with when we have an election in August, especially the school calendar and so many activities of children, schools and exams. If there is a re-run, we pull that into the national exams. So, it is going to be very good if we can change. I was listening to the Leader of the Majority Party and I wish he was here so that I could speak to him. I know he is more senior in this House. He has been here longer than I have been but, I want to believe that we represent Kenyans. The reason we are here is because all Kenyans cannot be here. We cannot have 40 million Kenyans sitting in this House. So, we sit here on their behalf. What we say here is on their behalf. I am so happy to hear the Chairman of the relevant Committee say that having gone out to conduct public participation, the views of the majority of Kenyans is that we change the date. That is a traditional date. December has always been there and it has been very good. Think about August and the primaries or nominations. They begin around April. The campaigns for the nominations begin in January. We have a whole year running politics and blaring speakers out there with sound systems, hence interfering with the learning of students. It goes on. The election cycle is like a whole year. While we are here, we do not want to think that we are just speaking on our behalf; we are not just speaking. Like, I am not just speaking like Titus Khamala. I speak for the people of Lurambi Constituency. I speak for the people in Kakamega. When I go back to them, they will say our Member of Parliament (MP) spoke what we would have spoken if we had an opportunity to be in that House. As I finish, I want the Members of this House to know that they speak for Kenyans. I want them to know that they are here because 40 million people cannot sit in this honourable House. That is why they brought us here. When you are a leader, you are not supposed to be that kind of person who usually goes back to the people and say: “My people, tell me what to do! My people, show me the way! My people, show me this and that.” God has put you there to lead. So, through the Holy Spirit, he guides you with some anointing to lead correctly. I support the Member of Kiminini. God bless you. Hallelujah."
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