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    "id": 872014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Patrick Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "In our parliamentary Standing Orders, our prayers before a sitting ought to change and become the national anthem in reverence of our national flag. It is a prayer that upholds each of us, binds and reminds us of our call to duty as each individual Kenyan and our call towards patriotism and what we need to give back to this great nation. This august House remains the epitome of that sacrifice in the modern times. Members of Parliament come here through a rigorous democratic process, so that we keep upholding the spirit, law and letter of what we stand for, and more importantly build a foundation for future generations that will come. We need to keep seeing beyond 100 years. That is why men like Mr. Dedan Kimathi and others laid their lives on the line. They did not do it for their individual families because their families bled for them on a day to day basis. They did it for greater generations of Kenyans who are currently at 45 million but we have moved past a 100 million mark if you talk about all the births which have taken place. As we espouse and reflect upon this great Bill, we need to look at the emblems of Kenya like our coat of arms which is above the Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This remains a loud symbol that each of us should uphold strongly. As we wear the lapels which are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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