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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "As the Speaker of this House, you have enforced uncompromised adherence to the Constitution and the Standing Orders in the management of the business of this House. The Constitution is just eight years and one day old. It was only yesterday that it was eight years old. I have no doubt that you will provide leadership and direction to the EXCO in the position that you have been elected to hold. If you allow me to add, CPA has been the voice of parliamentary democracy across the Commonwealth for more than nine decades. It speaks for the rights of parliaments and parliamentarians in the development of their countries. We have old democracies like India, Australia and the mother, UK, where Commonwealth parliamentary practices have been practised for the nine decades that the Association has existed. The CPA enables legislators to reach beyond their own parliamentary houses so as to contribute, in a global setting, to the development of best parliamentary practices and the most effective policies. Therefore, this position has put the Kenyan National Assembly on the world map since it will enable the exchange of information and experiences as well as enhance debate on policies. It will strengthen our Parliament as well as the entire Commonwealth community of nations. Therefore, I wish to congratulate you again. I am sure you will not let us down. Some of us have benefitted from Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) because we have visited some of those countries and learnt what has been happening. Now that you will be the Chair, especially for the African Chapter, I would want you to use the opportunity to enable those Members who have not had an opportunity to go out there and learn the Commonwealth parliamentary practices to access it because it will help them in the way they articulate their issues. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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